Obama’s health care plan (2)

The American debate over health care reform receives front-page treatment in today’s “Guardian” newspaper because the bitter opposition to Obama’s reform proposals is frequently involving outrageous misrepresentation of the performance of the National Health Service in Britain.
The sickest suggestion – I use the adjective advisedly – is that, if he lived in the UK, Senator Ted Kennedy would not receive treatment for his brain tumour. This and other falsehoods are answered here.
For the record, the UK spends less per head on health care but has a higher life expectancy than the US. The World Health Organisation ranks Britain’s health care as 18th in the world, while the US is in 37th place.


 




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