The Great injustices of the American medical system

The image in which the documentary portrays the medical system in the US is seemingly spiteful. But what I don't understand is that if the US pours in large sums of money on improving medical care, but its medical care is ranked so low in comparison to other European countries, where is the money diverted towards?

Select minority as in?

If only we could find some kind of compromise between the ridiculously heartless American healthcare... and the ridiculously inefficient British healthcare *Takes out a small telescope and looks across the British channel to Europe*

Arrrr matey I see nationalized health insurance being given used for private health providers. Arrr.

1. You're substituting your opinion on justice for fact. There is no "clear" answer. It's not like there's a big blinking handbook that says "medical systems for democracies" with a big "READ THIS, US!" sign on it that Americans were just too illiterate to understand. If nobody disagreed with you, then the American system would already have been overturned.

2. The life expectancy in America is low for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which being that we're all so damn fat (don't even get me started on rampant obesity, it's one of my pet peeves). Low life expectancy can't be attributed to a single attribute, and it is naive of you to even make that assertion.

3. Quality of life is subjective.

Actually ours is highly efficient given the limited resources it runs on. Despite the tory (and even labour) protests about the massive increase in NHS spending with little gain, the fact is that for decades spending on the NHS as a percentage of GDP has been woefully small comapred to every other 1st world country - including america.

Just like with the tube lines, you can't throw money into the system and expect instant results. The infrastructure improvements, reshaping of entire areas, buying in and training up on new equipment - all takes a long time.

Hell, when you look how many CT scanners we have per head of population compared to france or america. You can't just buy extra scanners. You need extra radiologists. Radiographers. New buildings/areas to put the scanners. Generators and IT infrastructure to deal with the scanners.

Etc etc

1. You're substituting your opinion on justice for fact. There is no "clear" answer. It's not like there's a big blinking handbook that says "medical systems for democracies" with a big "READ THIS, US!" sign on it that Americans were just too illiterate to understand. If nobody disagreed with you, then the American system would already have been overturned.

2. The life expectancy in America is low for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which being that we're all so damn fat (don't even get me started on rampant obesity, it's one of my pet peeves). Low life expectancy can't be attributed to a single attribute, and it is naive of you to even make that assertion.

3. Quality of life is subjective.

Actually ours is highly efficient given the limited resources it runs on. Despite the tory (and even labour) protests about the massive increase in NHS spending with little gain, the fact is that for decades spending on the NHS as a percentage of GDP has been woefully small comapred to every other 1st world country - including america.

Just like with the tube lines, you can't throw money into the system and expect instant results. The infrastructure improvements, reshaping of entire areas, buying in and training up on new equipment - all takes a long time.

Hell, when you look how many CT scanners we have per head of population compared to france or america. You can't just buy extra scanners. You need extra radiologists. Radiographers. New buildings/areas to put the scanners. Generators and IT infrastructure to deal with the scanners.

Etc etc