People are so quick to point this out, but the reality is that so many hospitals in the US lack basic standards of cleanliness &amp; care.  The CDC recorded 722,000 Hospital-acquired infections (often staph or UTI&#x27;s) in 2011, one of the highest such rates in the modern world.  This is simply unacceptable for a country of our resources.<p>The WHO&#x27;s assessment on overall access &amp; quality of care doesn&#x27;t even put the US in the top 25 in the world while our per capita expenditures remain some of the highest worldwide.  We may have a handful of exemplary medical institutions to brag about, but so much of our system is in terrible shape.