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Put it in perspective (compared with every country on Earth). https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 https://www.transpare

• 0xffff2 9y ago
  The US is 18/176 on the list on that page; not even in the top 10%. Personally, I would say the top 5% or so could reasonably be called leaders. Where would you draw the line?
• krupan 9y ago
  Interesting. Why is the U.S. less corrupt than most? Would giving the U.S. government a big bump in the amount of power it weilds in the form of single payer health care improve the curruption situation or make it worse?
• galeaspablo 9y ago
  0xffff2 - that's correct. Personally I am more lenient, given that my country of birth struggles. But in the context of the conversation, I think #18 is good enough to make the cutoff for single payer. After all, other countries with lower healthcare transparency are still more efficient with their universal systems. krupan - I don't have the data for what has happened with transparency when countries implemented universal healthcare. So I don't have the answer for that.