US child mortality ranks worst among 20 wealthy countries, study finds
The United States has the worst overall child mortality rate compared with those of 19 other wealthy nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
That's according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs on Monday.
The study examined child mortality rates between 1961 and 2010 in the US and comparable nations in the OECD, a group of 35 countries, founded to improve economic development and social well-being around the world. It found that mortality rates were not evenly distributed.
"This study should alarm everyone. The US is the most dangerous of wealthy, democratic countries in the world for children," said Dr. Ashish Thakrar, lead author of the study and an internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System in Baltimore.
"We were surprised by how far the US has fallen behind other wealthy countries," he said. "Across all ages and in both sexes, children have been dying more often in the US than in similar countries since the 1980s."
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Our healthcare takes care of problems AFTER they have begun. Imagine how many will suffer with ZERO healthcare /ACA. We lock the barn door after the animals are let out. BRILLIANT! 
