[Onelifetogive]

but some measures show the U.S. doesn’t rank at the top in terms of outcomes”

Depends on how you define "outcomes". The recent study that placed America at 37 among the industrialized nations defined "outcomes" by traditional socialist goals (is everyone equal? Do the rich pay more for servics? Do the poor receive free care? etc.)

[stephenjohnbanker]

It is ranked #1 by doctors, not Marxist workerbees.