A recent “Investor’s Business Daily” article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization. I personally am suspicious of these statistics because I don’t believe anything the U.N. puts out, but here they are anyway.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U. S.—65%
England—46%
Canada—42%
Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
U. S.—93%
England—15%
Canada—43%
Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U. S.—90%
England—13%
Canada—43%
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U. S.—77%
England—40%
Canada—43%
Number of MRI scanners per million people:
U. S.—71
England—14
Canada—18
Percentage of seniors (65+), with low incomes, who say they are in “excellent health”:
U. S.—12%
England—2%
Canada—6%
Thank you, Mr. Obama, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Reed for doing everything you can to destroy the finest medical care system in the world. But then, the American people elected you so we get what we ask for.