US Health Care

      It is almost unbelievable that there are that many countries who are doing better than the U.S. in the healthcare realm. The infant and adult mortality rates really make you think about whats going on, and mainly how are we as a country going to fix it. I really like the part where it mentions guarding households from destitution from medical expenses.  In my opinion that is one of our biggest problems that needs to be solved.  First the average American family has to budget low on groceries to afford some kind of insurance, and then their bank accounts are wiped out with one little emergency.  I wonder how in depth that study went and if it looked into the causes of death in all those mortality rates.  I am not down playing the study, but I would have a few more questions.  In these other countries how many of them have soda and candy available on every corner? How many of them have all you can eat buffets at a high percentage of restaurants.  What does the average families normal diet look like, and how much stress is placed on the bread winner at their place of employment?  Are most of the families struggling to make ends meet, or do they have a decent amount of disposable income?  With all that said I think my biggest question is, how does the lifestyle of these mortality rates compare from country to country.  Again, just some questions to further understand the numbers.