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American health care ranking an 'embarrassment'

'Americas ranking is an embarrassment, especially considering the U.S. spends more than $9,000 per person on health care annually, more than any other country.'

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on May 22, 2017

The state of American health care in a new global study is termed an embarrassment — although most other countries have some shortcomings, too.

Related: Successful health care reform must solve these 3 problems

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