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BTF3K.... Have you looked at the methodology of the "study" that found the US 37th? It put a weighting of over 50% on how similar care was across the board in a given country. This meant that systems that have universally CRAPPY healthcare ranked higher than the US, even when the US's worst care was better than their average care.
Just FYI..... Look it up for yourself.
As for the $10 aspirin, blame mandated insurance coverage terms by the states. It isn't about "allowing" hospitals to charge that much, it's about forcing insurance to cover EVERYTHING, thus removing free market from controlling prices. In places like Panama, for instance, people get insurance that only covers the really big catastrophic stuff. Everything else is paid in cash. Thus people actually pay attention to what things cost and will not go to a provider that charges too much. Subsequently, prices are a fraction of what they are in the US.
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