New life expectancy figures are out, the actual pdf of the report is here. Expect the fact that the United States' life expectancy is a couple of years behind a few socialized health care countries (Sweden, Canada, United Kingdom) to be combined with our higher medical expenditures as a percentage of GDP to be construed as an argument to go Marxist with our health care in the upcoming election; don't take the bait. Missing from the analysis, of course, is the fact that Americans choose to partake in many avenues of health care that do not increase life expectancy yet increase quality of life, i.e., cosmetic surgery and hip replacements. These options are not at your ready disposal with the government decides how you should be treated.
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It is important to note, that there is NO RELATIONSHIP between health care expenditures and health outcomes. Many studies have shown this, no matter how you slice the data, it just isn't there.
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