Health care...Have to still ask why?

"Despite having the highest per capita spending on health care in the world, the U.S. ranks 37th in overall health performance, and 42nd in the world in life expectancy. Infant mortality is at 6.8 deaths for every 1,000 live births; for African-Americans the infant mortality is a staggering 13.7. Forty countries, among them Cuba, Taiwan and most of Europe, did better. According to the New York Times, the lack of health insurance coverage causes 18,000 unnecessary American deaths every year -- that's 50 every day, day in day out..." Tyee