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> US had a genuine but small edge in treatment for diabetes and breast cancer

You’re looking at gross statistics. On average, American healthcare is average. If you zoom into the top 10%, it outperforms other countries’ top 10% (in general; of course there are exceptions). This goes from virtually instant imaging with concierge medicine to the Cleveland Clinic’s global medical evacuation jets and helicopters.



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