This article is from the “Investor’s Business Daily.”  It provides some very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:

U.S.              65%

England         46%

Canada          42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:

U.S.              93%

England         15%

Canada          43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:

U.S.              90%

England         15%

Canada          43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:

U.S.              77%

England         40%

Canada          43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

U.S.              71

England         14

Canada          18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in “excellent health”:

U.S.              12%

England         2%

Canada          6%

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want “Universal Healthcare” comparable to England or Canada!!