Health Care Crisis - Life Expectancy by Country Tells Tale

Is the health care system in the United States the envy of the rest of the world? Check out the top 50 countries by life expectancy before you answer:

#1 = Macau (84.36); #2 = Andorra (82.51); #3 = Japan (82.12); #4 = Singapore (81.98); #5 = San Marino (81.97);
#6 = Hong Kong (81.86); #7 = Australia (81.63); #8 = Canada (81.23); #9 = France (80.98); #10 = Sweden (80.86).

#11 = Switzerland (80.85); #12 = Guernsey (80.77); #13 = Israel (80.73); #14 = Iceland (80.67); #15 = Anguilla (80.65);
#16 = Cayman Islands (80.44); #17 = Bermuda (80.43); #18 = New Zealand (80.36); #19 = Italy (80.20);
#20 = Gibraltar (80.19).

#21 = Monaco (80.09); #22 = Liechtenstein (80.06); #23 = Spain (80.05); #24 = Norway (79.95); #25 = Jersey (79.75);
#26 = Greece (79.66); #27 = Austria (79.50); #28 = Faroe Islands (79.44); #29 = Malta (79.44); #30 = Netherlands (79.40).

#31= Luxembourg (79.33); #32 = Germany (79.26); #33 = Belgium (79.22); #34 = Saint Pierre and Miquelon (79.07);
#35 = Virgin Islands (79.05); #36 = United Kingdom (79.01); #37 = Finland (78.97); #38 = Jordan (78.87);
#39 = Isle of Man (78.82); #40 = Korea, South (78.72).

#41 = European Union (78.67); #42 = Puerto Rico (78.53); #43 = Bosnia and Herzegovina (78.50);
#44 = Saint Helena (78.44); #45 = Cyprus (78.33); #46 = Denmark (78.30); #47 = Ireland (78.24); #48 = Portugal (78.21);
#49 = Wallis and Futuna (78.20); #50 = United States (78.11).

From where did these disturbing 2009 statistics originate? Was it some left-wing web site trying to distort the facts to fit an agenda?

Only if you put the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States into that category. click here to read more

The United States can do better. We need substantial health care reform now.