U.S. Healthcare - Not the best...by a long shot...

This seems timely; the link between how much a country spends per capita on health care and longevity - it's not what you'd think...from a reliable source. If you live in the U.S. be very, very depressed.... Oh, and here's the killer quote, 

"One of the reasons for the underachievement of the US is the large inequality in health spending. ....The US healthcare system is characterized by little access to care for some and very high expenditure on health by others."

Here's the link

"I cannot deny it; it is true."

3 March 1917 To the amazement of the world (and the immense relief of the British in Room 40), at a press conference in Berlin, when asked about the authenticity and validity of the telegram, German Foreign Secretary Zimmermann stated, "I cannot deny it; it is true."

Zimmermann Telegram is published in the U.S. "The nation gasped"

28 February 1917 Secretary of State Robert Lansing leaks the existence and contents of the Zimmermann telegram to reporter E. M. Hood of the Associated Press. The AP puts the entire story out on it's wire and it is picked up by major newspapers across the United States.

1 March 1917 The Zimmermann telegram, including its contents, the story told by the British to Ambassador Page (not the whole truth of how they acquired it), the original telegram sent over the American diplomatic cable, and the original from the telegraph office in Mexico City are published across the United States. According to David Kahn in The Codebreakers, "The nation gasped." (Kahn, p. 293)  The House of Representatives immediately votes to arm U.S. merchant vessels. President Wilson's peace initiatives are rapidly deteriorating and talk of war increases markedly.