Healthcare Statistics

Pulled article from the "Investor's Business Daily."  It provides some very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:

U.S.

England

Canada

65%

46%

42%


Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:

U.S.

England

Canada

93%

15%

43%


Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:

U.S.

England

Canada

90%

15%

44%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:

U.S.

England

Canada

77%

40%

43%


Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

U.S.

England

Canada

71%

14%

18%


Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health":

U.S.

England

Canada

12%

2%

6%

I don't know about you, but I don't want "Universal Healthcare" comparable to England or Canada.


Moreover, it was Sen. Harry Reid who said, "Elderly Americans must learn to accept the inconveniences of old age."



Oh I forgot, his healthcare plan would be the same as he now has at the expense of the taxpayers!

SHIP HIM TO CANADA OR ENGLAND !