Dec 31 at 7:00 PM Country A has a single-payer health care system and Country B

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Dec 31 at 7:00 PM Country A has a single-payer health care system and Country B has a system of socialized medicine. The residents of Country A have a longer life expectancy at birth, longer life expectancy at age 65, a lower infant mortality rate, and a lower risk of dying from cancer before age 75 than the residents of Country B. Assuming that the data described above is accurate (that is, there are no data collection problems leading to false differences between the two countries), is it safe to assume that Country A's system of health care is superior to Country B's system, and leads to better health outcomes?

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No, it is not safe to assume that country A's system is better than country B's healthcare system. This is because having higher life expectancy does not indicate that healthcare is equally being provided to all people, some people might life until 100 years while others might die at 20. Whereas in country B(socialized healthcare system), majority of people will have similar life years.

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