This link is way out of date (year 2000) but it’s a a British Medical Journal article re international ranking of Health Systems, so is worth a look.
France number 1, Uk 18th, USA 37th….out of 191 WHO member states. All ranked according to certain set criteria and provided by the World Health Organisation. Of course, the WHO could have an agenda of its own, I suppose. Who knows?, ho hum.
So I’m not claiming it’s gospel or anything but it’s interesting. Especially since some replies here from Americans assume their system to be top dog. 
Personally, I don’t have a clue as I’m not that knowledgable when it comes to other Health systems. I’ve only ever used the British NHS but not that often as ( touch wood) I’ve never really had a nasty accident or been ill enough to require medical treatment. Soemtimes you hear good stuff regarding the NHS and sometimes ” nightmare” stuff.
Anyway, heres’s the link :
http://tinyurl.com/bh9jhr
