BMJ 2007;335:639 (29 September).
The US has a dismal record on health, despite outspending by a considerable margin every other developed nation in the world.
Americans and their elected politicians are generally complacent about this sorry state of affairs, writes one leading doctor. Healthcare professionals are probably the best people to unite and shake them out of their complacency.
To do nothing is to accept the US position at the bottom of the league tables on health, when in so many other areas only first place will do.
