This information is from the Investor’s Business Daily and should be of interest to those that are slobbering and clapping their hands over Obama’s plan to socialize America’s health care system. These stats compare our, I would say, vastly superior system to those of England and Canada.       

This is from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.

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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%


Hey, you may, but I do not want "Universal Healthcare" comparable to England or Canada .

As for Sen. Harry Reid who said, "Elderly Americans must learn to accept the inconveniences of old age." SHIP HIS SORRY ASS TO CANADA OR ENGLAND!