Canada outperforms the United States in health outcomes but is well behind global leaders like Japan in overall health of its population, a Canadian report released on Monday showed.The annual report card by the Conference Board of Canada ranked Canada 10th out of 16 developed countries, with a "B" grade. The United States was the worst performer, placing 16th and earning a "D" grade.
"Canada has been at the center of much of the debate on U.S. health care reform. Since Canada ranks ahead of the United States on all but one indicator of health status ... it is clear that we are getting better results," Gabriela Prada, director of health policy at the Conference Board, said in a statement.
Better than what, though?
"But when we look beyond the narrow Canada-U.S. comparison to the rest of the world, Canadians rank in the middle of the pack in terms of their health status," Prada said.
Uh oh. "Middle of the pack"? For both of us? Perhaps we should aim farther north than Canada.
The Conference Board, which has been issuing the report card since 1996, ranked the 16 countries according to 11 criteria, including life expectancy, mortality due to cancer, circulatory diseases, respiratory diseases, metal disorders, as well as infant mortality and self-reported health status.
Japan was once again the top-ranking country. Switzerland, Italy, and Norway also earned "A" grades.
"B" grades were given to Sweden, France, Finland, Germany, Australia and Canada, while Netherlands, Austria and Ireland earned a "C" grade, the report showed.
Along with the United States, Denmark and the United Kingdom got "D" grades.
You don't think it could be because they're socialists, do you?
With 45,000 Americans dying every year because they do not have health insurance and cannot afford medical care, how much longer will we sit by while the US Senate bickers, stalls, and delays in order to preserve the profit models of the health insurance companies?
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