U.S. health care system ranks lowest in international survey

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund finds the U.K. and Switzerland have the best health care systems of industrialized nations; Americans and Canadians fare the worst

The U.S. spends more money on health care compared with other industrialized countries, but Americans still get the least bang for their buck -- and many still don't have access to care -- according to a report just published by the Commonwealth Fund. The report from the private health care research foundation examined data on expenditures, delivery and access to health care services among 11 industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.     READ MORE