Would it be plausible to tell the world the United States has the best medical care in the world?

Question

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

Answer 1

Only if your a really good liar.

Answer 2

Even if you don't think that everything Michael Moore says is a triumph of truth, even if you don't lean towards socialized medicine, to look and listen to the stories of mistreatment, or bureaucratic messes one might find when trying to get treatment, its pretty obvious that something is not working.

If a working person finds it detrimental to their budget or job security to be sick, that is unacceptable. I f a working parent finds it detrimental for their child to be sick, that is unacceptable.

If a person works 35 or more hours a week  and cannot afford treatment for anything, that is unaccepable.

We need to look at our system and either make it more effective or make it more affordable. or both.

Answer 3

As long as you believe this happens only in America.  Terrible tragedy, however many "civilized" countries kill . . . I mean euthanize the "chronically ill".  Citing a few bad examples compared to staterun deathpitals in Europe,  I will take America.

Answer 4

She didn't die from medical care - she died from no medical care . Yes - this country still has the best medical care in the world . Sadly , bad things happen in the world but that doesn't reflect on the medical community as a whole .

Answer 5

i think it would be as long as you are talking about rich america..... if you have no money and no insurance you might as well take your aches and pains to the curb....

Answer 6

The US certainly DOES NOT have the best medical system in the world.

I was surprised (after a sudden medical crisis) to find that the healthcare system in Thailand was far and above what I was subjected to in the US. (I am from the US BTW)

As I travel the world over the last twenty years, I am constantly amazed at the quality of care in the Asian countries of Malysia, Thailand, China and others.

In India, an Ayurvedic doctor cleared up a heart arrhythmia and kidney problems that had been around since I was a child.

And, in most of these countries, no one is excluded. But, in the US, a vast population is excluded financially from even receiving proper healthcare.

How can they be the best?

Answer 7

I was absolutely appalled when I read about this and continue to be enraged about the situation.  I've watched the video a few times and can find no reasonable explanation as to why no one approached this woman.  At one point the security guard stands up, looks at the woman, sits back down in his chair and wheels it around the corner away from her.  What this should be is criminal.  Anyone who saw this woman and didn't in some way try to help should be charged with negligent homicide.  It's disgusting!  

I remember hearing about a woman about a year ago who died under similar circumstances, coughing up blood on the floor of a waiting room in California.  The janitor even came over and mopped AROUND HER as she was laying there.  A number of medical personnel were aware that she was laying there but ignored her, and at least one person in the waiting room called 911 to have them transport the woman to another hospital to get some kind of treatment only to be turned down and told that it was not an emergency.

God help anyone who needs medical care.  What is happening to us in this world that suddenly the sick and dying are too bothersome, too tedious to even attempt to help?  Of course, America isn't the only country with this problem, but I think it's pretty damned sad that when a person is in true need- DYING- not a damned person does anything about it IN A HOSPITAL!  She wasn't floundering around in the middle of a bowling alley!  It's a sign of a sick turn humanity is making.  When we hear more about Lindsay Lohan's turns in and out of rehab then we do about travesties like this, it says something about us collectively that isn't very appealing.

Answer 8

The rest of the world, the intelligent and informed of it anyway, are well aware of the US third-world medical system.  

Such a statement, "best medical care", would be as plausible as trying to tell us you are a democracy - or that you aren't one of the most corrupt countries on the planet.

Answer 9

No not even for the rich can we say that about our healthcare.