My comment was not an attack on anyone, such as yourself, who works within the US system.
I don't think just looking at outcomes for specific illnesses is the best way to judge a system as a whole but even according to your link we rank below AUS in many of those outcome categories.
And well above many others.
We're basically top tier when it comes to outcomes.
Outcomes are a HUGE part of the equation. You can have cheap care and all of the above, but without outcomes it's irrelevant.
I read something like 50% of Australians have private health insurance and private additional coverage too. One would reason that there's some degree of dissatisfaction with the system if this is the case. I could be wrong.
And yet we pay more than twice as much per person as AUS does.
You're saying we're "one of the worst among developed nations" because we're so expensive.
That's like saying a business that provides excellent service is the worst in town because they're too expensive.
I agree, it's too expensive.
But you can't ignore the fact we provide top tier healthcare. That's significant.
The leading cause of bankruptcy in our country is medical debt. If that isn't an indictment on our system, I don't know what is.
The amount of Americans that filed for bankruptcy with medical bills being a partial contributor, per year, literally stands at 0.001%. If you go by Bernie Sander's numbers. The more likely number is .0001%. This per the Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/28/sanderss-flawed-statistic-medical-bankruptcies-year/
Here's where we rank when we look at our health care "system" as a system:
According to the 2024 edition of the CEOWORLD magazine Health Care Index, Taiwan has been ranked as the country with the best healthcare system in the world. This index ranks 110 countries based on various factors that contribute to overall health. Two other Asian countries, South Korea (second...
ceoworld.biz
In 2023, Singapore ranked first with a health index score of 86.9, followed by Japan and South Korea.
www.statista.com
The United States trails far behind other high-income countries on measures of health care affordability, administrative efficiency, equity, and outcomes.
www.commonwealthfund.org
A list of the top health care systems by country. Singapore, Norway, and the Netherlands have the best healthcare systems. Find more...
www.internationalinsurance.com
As far as the links you posted - the widely varying locations every country sits in the rankings, based on what website was doing the rankings (or political stance of the think tank), demonstrates you can use all sorts of metrics to judge healthcare.
And you'll see many don't want to include outcomes.
The reality with EVERY developed system is you will find someone that has had incredible experiences and someone that has had awful experiences.
There are also way more complexities to healthcare delivery here vs Australia and most developed countries.
www.abc.net.au
www.statnews.com
www.ama.com.au
Not even close. 
