mod parent "comforting perhaps but entirely untrue"

Read the supposed source... which is a true Dilbert-esk powerpoint.

I love the bit where the US is an "outlier on spending", but only until you turn the stats into "semi-log[arithmic]". LOL.

The lies told about the US healthcare system are absurd. Particularly the recent comparison of the US and UK systems. I would rather be wheeled into a UK hospital after a car crash than walk into a US hospital with a ripped fingernail.

(To quote Blackadder). How much negative feedback does it take to change before you remove this plonkers ability to put stuff on the front page. Alternatively, can you enable the following option www.slashdot.com/index.html?samzenpus=false BTW you can't remove idle from the front page on the mobile version.