For All the Michael Moore Doubters

It is no secret that the United States has one of the worst medical systems of the developed world. Earlier this month the Economist wrote a short article addressing this issue. According to a graph they published with data from the London School of Hygiene and Tropic Medicine, America ranked #19 out of the 19 wealthiest countries.

The survey they conducted tested the decline in preventable deaths for males aged 0-74 between the years 1997 and 2003. The United States posted a 4% decline while Austria, who had the greatest decline, reduced the number of preventable deaths in their country by a margin of just over 25%.

Below is the graph:

I must apologize to my skeptical conservative readers but for those of you who fear universal health-care, you are absolutely incorrect. First of all, privatized medicine will not disappear. It will stay just the way it is, an institution meant for wealthy people. There seems to be a lingering communist-phobia that has carried over from the Cold War years.

How is it that the wealthiest country in the world continues to fail millions of its citizens by not providing them health care? I for one am appalled and you should be too! The time has come for reform. Will the next president finally take care of our sick and poor? Only time and the pharmaceutical companies will tell.