On average healthcare outcomes in the US aren’t particularly great compared to other developed countries though (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/i

On average healthcare outcomes in the US aren’t particularly great compared to other developed countries though (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...). In particular life expectancy is very low by developed world standards and deaths from preventable causes are very high. I don’t doubt that the US has world leading hospitals but the population level outcomes delivered are poor by developed world standards. The US is a net exporter of healthcare services but mostly to developing countries and the numbers involved are tiny (https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/executive_briefings/chambers_health-related_travel_final.pdf https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/executive_briefings/c...) The idea that people who want any sort of complex procedure travel to the US is pure fantasy. As for the COVID-19 vaccines. The first approved vaccine was the “Pfizer” vaccine developed by BioNTech in Germany (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer–BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer–BioNTech_COVID-19_vac...).