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Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

Probably because we read stories like these:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...body-NICE.html

http://news.scotsman.com/health/Canc...he-.5095291.jp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7959730.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...-wait-children

But the average life expectancy rate is not higher in the US than it is in most developed countries with "socialised" medicine.

It's not like the US system is keeping people alive longer.