Massive Study of 40 Countries Shows America Is an Outlier in the Worst Way

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Your chances of surviving a preventable or treatable condition are significantly better in almost any other developed country than in the United States -- regardless of which state you live in or how much your state spends on healthcare.
52% : State-level policy differences -- regarding healthcare coverage, reproductive health, taxation, social welfare programs, and other factors -- have become more pronounced over the past decade, potentially contributing to the growing variation in outcomes between states.
49% : "There's been a lot of discussion about preventable deaths in the U.S. such as drug-related deaths or suicides, which do account for a big proportion of this trend," says lead study author Irene Papanicolas, a professor of health services, policy and practice at Brown's School of Public Health, in a statement.
35% : States and countries that already had higher death rates before the pandemic generally fared worse during the crisis, revealing how existing systemic problems become more apparent when stressed.

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