Canadian Health Care Tops U.S.

Bloomberg news reports today that as the debate for universal health care within the United States continues, some opponents are basing false assumptions about the success of universal health care in Canada. In a study released by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says that Canadians live two to three years longer than Americans and are as likely to survive heart attacks, childhood leukemia, and breast and cervical cancer, according to the OECD, the Paris- based coalition of 30 industrialized nations.

Deaths considered preventable through health care are less frequent in Canada than in the U.S., according to a January 2008 report in the journal Health Affairs. In the study by British researchers, Canada placed sixth among 19 countries surveyed, with 77 deaths for every 100,000 people. That compared with the last-place finish of the U.S., with 110 deaths.

For more information about the success of health care in Canada, please click the Bloomberg article here.

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