The US is an aberration because it has decreasing life expectancy, much higher rates of violence, paradoxically expensive and less effective healthcare, and a w

The US is an aberration because it has decreasing life expectancy, much higher rates of violence, paradoxically expensive and less effective healthcare, and a wider range of socioeconomics and lifestyles than other advanced economies. The US isn't "behind" so much as "falling" despite having every innate advantage apart from a political system that doesn't trade gold bars for votes from foreign countries.