Life expectancy is close to 80 years in the Nordic countries, compared to 78 years in the US, where the government does not guarantee national health insurance and millions of families are too poor to pay for it on their own. Ironically, the heavy reliance on the private sector in the US system is so inefficient that Americans pay a larger share of GNP for health (14%) than do the Nordic countries (11%), but get less.
想想效率低下与浪费的诉求吧。由于政府提供国家健康保险资金，与美国相比，北欧国家人民寿命更长，婴儿死亡率更低。北欧国家人的寿命接近80岁，而美国人为78岁。美国政府不保证实施全国健康保险，数百万家庭过于贫穷，自己无法投保。具有讽刺意味的是，美国制度过分依赖私营部门，显示出效率低下，美国较之于北欧国家（11%）向保健投入了较大比率的国民生产总值（14%），但所获更少。