Why Don't We Have BETTER Healthcare? (Jeff Angelo-Hour 1-3/19)

It's no secret that the United States spends far more on healthcare than the world's other wealthy nations, yet we get far less bang for our bucks.  

By many measures, we Americans are in worse health than our global peers. Infant mortality here (at 5.8 deaths per 1,000 live births) is far above the average for a group of 11 rich countries that includes the U.S. (3.6 deaths per 1,000 live births). More than 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese; among all 11 countries, the average is 56%. And our life expectancy of 78.8 years is the lowest of any of the 11 countries, whose combined average is 81.7 years.

So what's going on?  Click to hear my conversation with a health care insider who has some REAL answers.


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