Americans down on the U.S. health-care system

Submitted by Rick Ray on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 7:38am.

MarketWatch recently published a story about a study that compares health care systems in developed countries. Here's an excerpt"

Dutch rate theirs most favorably of 10 industrialized nations

International comparisons of health-care systems can be tricky to tease out, but the Dutch appear most satisfied with their system and Americans the least satisfied, according to a new survey of 10 industrialized countries.
The Dutch system was most popular with its citizens while adults in the U.S. were itching for national reform the most, according to Harris Interactive, which cited three separate data sets.

A third of Americans said they believe the U.S. system "has so much wrong with it that we need to completely rebuild it," while only 9% in the Netherlands hold such a sentiment about their health-care system.

Read the whole story here.

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