Cuba has an extordonary system - but you sure wont here about that here in the USA.

US healtcare is good in one way - lots of new technology and all the latest stuff. The bad part is that no one can afford it.

>Various assertions are made about quality of healthcare in this or that country. This came out this week: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18674951/
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>IMHO It all depends on what and how you measure. For example, if you look at access to latest/better cancer drugs, the ratings are inverted with Britain doing very badly and the US looking good.
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>FWIW, IMHO the US has an extremely good healthcare system as long as you are older than 5 and able to access it. ;-)