I don't think CNN is what we should use as "evidence". If you look at any of the research, the US has effectively the same survival rate of an emergency admiss

I don't think CNN is what we should use as "evidence". If you look at any of the research, the US has effectively the same survival rate of an emergency admission or elective surgery as the rest of the world (within a small margin). This doesn't even control other items such as age, violence, body weight, pre-existing conditions, etc etc. Arguably the U.S. has a bigger issue with weight, which would indicate the U.S. healthcare system may be slightly more robust. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I'd avoid diving into political leaning pundits -- common wealth fund and CNN are both political pundits. Looking at the raw data it is not as clear. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515980/ Even this is political, but it's more clear: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/ https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality... U.S. does a lot better in some areas, worse in others. But if you control for weight it's going to be better.