“Americans are below average on most measures of health — from obesity to infant mortality — when compared with other rich countries, and they’re falling behind on lifespan, too, according to the latest survey.”

“The report notes that Americans spend far more on health care than any other OECD country — $8,508 per capita in 2011, compared to $5,669 in Norway, the next highest-spending country, $4,522 in Canada, $3,405 in Britain and $3,213 in Japan. And we spend more as a country, too — 17.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011, compared to 11.9 percent in the Netherlands, the next-highest country, and 9.3 percent on average for the OECD.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/were-number-20-us-below-average-most-health-measures-2D11635080

“Twenty countries originally signed the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on 14 December 1960. Since then fourteen countries have become members of the Organisation.”

http://www.oecd.org/general/listofoecdmembercountries-ratificationoftheconventionontheoecd.htm

People defend the US system as the best in the world.  Now, if you’ll note, many of those people, such as Boehner, all live under socialized medicine.

There couldn’t be a better example of irrational thinking.