Does America Have the Best Health Care in the World?

Americans don't think so:

According to Americans, the United States does not have the best health care in the world. Most see our health care as average (32%) or below average (27%) when compared with health care in other industrialized countries. Only 15% support the often-used political talking point that America has the best health care in the world; 23% say it is above average.

If anything, they're being too generous. If you include the value we get for our dollar, and the grim landscape for the un- and underinsured, America's health care is far below average.

That paragraph, by the way, comes via Adam Serwer, who points out the "the survey also notes that the more money you make, the more likely you are to believe that America does have the best health care system in the world. That, I think, says a great deal about the inherent class bias present in our national debate on health care."

