> Lots of countries in South America also have socialized healthcare and it’s terrible.
Lots of countries in South America have a lot more problems than healthcare. Maybe consider their per capita GDP or something to offset that fact.
Even with that, Costa Ricans, Chileans, Cubans, Panamanians, Uruguayans and Colombians have longer life expectancies than the US, which manages to be 54th in the world while spending about as much tax money per capita as any other country does on healthcare.
Lots of countries in South America have a lot more problems than healthcare. Maybe consider their per capita GDP or something to offset that fact.
Even with that, Costa Ricans, Chileans, Cubans, Panamanians, Uruguayans and Colombians have longer life expectancies than the US, which manages to be 54th in the world while spending about as much tax money per capita as any other country does on healthcare.