(NaturalNews) If you think pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, and various
other instruments of modern Western medicine are responsible for
improving quality of life and increasing the average lifespan in
America, think again. A report recently issued by the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) reveals that the U.S. spends up to 250 percent more on healthcare
than most other developed nations, and yet has the lowest life
expectancy rate among all these same nations.
Entitled U.S. Health in International Perspectives: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health,
the report compares the latest available data on mortality and health
outcomes in the United States with that of 16 other so-called "peer"
nations, including Japan, Switzerland, Australia, and Canada. Each of
these other countries is considered to be roughly on par with the U.S.
in terms of income and government structure, and each represents an
important cross-section of the collective welfare of the developed
world.
Based on the figures, the U.S. far outspends all other
developed nations on healthcare expenditures, ranking in at a whopping
$8,233 annually per person, on average. The only nation that even comes
close to this figure is Norway, which spends roughly $5,388 annually per
person on medical expenditures, or roughly 65 percent of what the U.S.
spends. Iceland, whose economy recently made a huge comeback after its
citizens forcibly dismantled the nation's corrupt central bank, only
spends about $3,309 annually per person.
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