According to public opinion polls, a plurality of Americans (and a 2/3 majority of Republicans) believe that the US has the world's best health care systems. This slideshow takes a critical look at international comparisons and finds that it is difficult to find evidence that supports the view of the US system as the world's best.

1. More Slides from Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog http://dolanecon.blogspot.com/ What Can the US Learn from Other Countries’ Health Care Systems? Posted February 27, 2011 Terms of Use: These slides are made available under Creative Commons License Attribution—Share Alike 3.0 . You are free to use these slides as a resource for your economics classes together with whatever textbook you are using. If you like the slides, you may also want to take a look at my textbook, Introduction to Economics , from BVT Publishers.