These are often stats taken out of context or under selected criteria to make the US health care system look bad.
When you factor out things like homicide and numbers of people performing dangerous labor, America ranks very high in life expectancy.
Sally Pipes covers these types of stats in “Top 10 Myths of American Health Care.”
Your argument won"t hold water if Obama Care becomes a reality.
Yes, if you take out homicides and accidents, the US jumps to the top. These statistics are all bogus anyway. It’s like those silly reports that eating this or that, or not eating it, will affect your health. They ask people to remember what they ate for a whole year! How many people can accurately recall what they ate last week. It’s all silly and it’s a justification for interfering in our lives.