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Excerpt: Holding their index fingers up in the air, shouting “we’re number one!” is symbolic for victory by sport fans around the world. The same can be said about the medal count at the recent Olympic Games with the press, governments, and spectators from every nation keeping track of who’s winning the most medals, hoping they can proudly brag about being the best, too! Being number one is important to most sports fans, but in regards to health care, it seems not so. When the World Health Organization announced at its June 21, 2000, press conference that America ranked 37th out of the 191 countries in the United Nations in overall healthcare delivery systems, 72nd in overall population health, while number one in overall costs, little was said by the US government officials, the various health associations officials, the media medical experts, or the public at large. This excerpt is reproduced with the permission of the publisher; click on the above link for free full text.
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