Depends on who you ask:
Clear differences appeared when the respondents were sorted by political party identification. Among Republicans, 68 percent said the United States is the best, compared to 32 percent of Democrats and 40 percent of independents.
If you asked me, I’d say that the US has the best specialty care in the world. Primary care on the other hand, ranks significantly lower.
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“Among Republicans, 68 percent said the United States is the best, compared to 32 percent of Democrats and 40 percent of independents.”
Why do Republicans get such dramatically better medical care than democrats?
I strongly suspect democrat party voters are more likely to be exclusively dependent on second rate and third rate government health coverage such as Medicare, VA, Medicaid, Indian Health Plan, etc.
Ed Sodaro MD
My experience has been somewhat different. I think that our medical system has some of the best AND some of the worst… co-existing together. We have the very best subspecialty care (substantiated, I think, by how many medical graduates come to the US for subspecialty training). We also have excellent primary care (in spots) and terrible primary care (in other spots). It all depends on how you measure quality, of course.
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