A fifteen year old in Costa Rica has a better chance of living till 60 than the 15 year old American kid. Americans are sharply stratified by their position on the social ladder. Good Things 1. We do not provide good health care to millions and millions of Americans. The U.S. spends for more per person than does any other nation.
Most European countries spend less.
Lot s of people are paying lots of money for health insurance and not getting very good coverage. That number grows each year. About 125,000 folks losing insurance every month. Many of the poor are not covered by Medicaid. In 1998 fewer than one-half of the 33 million people with incomes below the poverty line were enrolled in Medicaid 15 million poorest of the poor get Medicaid.