Global Pulse: Mixed Signals - US Life and US Healthcare

[mysticaltyger2009]

I'm personally tired of private health insurance being blamed for all our health care problems. Give us a true free enterprise health care system, with REAL CONSUMER CHOICE instead of herding us into employer sponsored or government plans, and we will get some real innovation (and cost control) in health care.

[emilyrl]

America NEEDS socialised medicine!!!!!!!!

[shiryuuclone]

you need to shut up

[emilyrl]

Try to reply on the video not me you fucking moron.

[ODMilne]

Its not so much a contrast in facts. The US life expectancy is rising however not as quickly as other developed nations this is why they are lower than other developed nations and some quickly developing nations.

[aliman92]

Bill Maher was right: Americans are getting fatter and dumber.

[linktv]

PRODUCER'S COMMENT: Its unusual for a Global Pulse to include so much American new coverage as this episode does. But when the BBC reported that the US lost ground in Life Expectancy, while US news said we were gaining, we had to look into the topic.

Predictably, the BBC was looking at the whole world, while the Americans focused only inside the US. We were really surprised by how little news coverage there is about the health care crisis on US TV news in general.

[eneliatarknenah]

Your efforts are appreciated. I, for one, am sick of hearing U.S. officials claim that we have "the best healthcare in the world". This is a myth that needs to be exposed. The fact that we as a nation can afford universal healthcare is another one.

[parallelpinkparakeet]

Really? What news channels have you been watching? Nowadays, especially with the election coming soon, that's all you hear about is how we need some kind of universal health care plan and how we're not up to par with other industrialized countries on life expectancy.

[roserover]

I read something similar recently about infant mortality - US is second highest of developed countries in deaths of babies, even though the number of infants dying has been going down. If the US was less insular we'd have better ideas about how to solve our problems. We think we cant learn anything from other countries!

[donovonc]

Jesus, the American media distorts things soooo much. I think i should rethink moving back to the US!!