US: Richest Nation on Earth. We spend more money per person on health yet we have shorter lives and
For many years, Americans have been dying at younger ages than people in almost all other high-income countries according to the IOM report on the state of US health as compared to other wealthy countries. "This disadvantage has been getting worse for three decades, especially among women. "Not only are their lives shorter, but Americans also have a longstanding pattern of poorer health that is strikingly consistent and pervasive over the life course—at birth, during childhoo
