Check out the CONCORD study, which compared cancer survival rates across 18 countries.<p>The US had the highest overall survival rate (73.8%). Countries with government-run medical care, like UK and Denmark, had the lowest: 51-52.8%.<p>The difference is especially dramatic for prostate cancer, where the US has a 92% survival rate, Australia and Canada were at 77-85% [1], and Denmark was at 38%.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;pOwrP7w" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;pOwrP7w</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;18639491" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;18639491</a><p>(Australia and Canada = roughly, countries where hospitals are run privately but the government pays for more than half of all medical care.)