Why is Australia's health care so much better than America's?

Healthcare in the US and Australia. A blog that discusses the American and the Australian healthcare systems. ... system, even internationally. Trump has recently admitted to our Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull “Australia…you have better health care than we do” [1]. So is this true? And how do they differ? read more

From an immigrant's perspective I find the American health care system better than the Australian one. In Australia, like in many other countries with a universal health care system, new immigrants (specifically work visa holders) generally have much worse health care coverage compared to permanent residents and citizens. read more

Countries that spend a smaller share of GDP on health care are on the lower part of the graph. Life expectancy and health expenditure of selected countries, latest year (2011-2013) Grattan Institute/OECD. Australia is in the good quadrant: better than average life expectancy, lower than average share of GDP. read more