www.prosperity.com gauges the prosperity of nations on many many factors. The main variables and where america ranks are as follows: Economy [spoiler]17th[/spoiler] Entrepreneurship and Opportunity [spoiler]11th[/spoiler] Education [spoiler]12th[/spoiler] Governance [spoiler]11th[/spoiler] Health [spoiler]1st[/spoiler] Safety and Security [spoiler]31st[/spoiler] Personal Freedom [spoiler]21st[/spoiler] Social Capital [spoiler]7th[/spoiler] [url=http://www.prosperity.com/#!/explore-data?opts=2Ekxmx-Ulx3y1]Here's[/url] what each variable entails. As you can see, we are leading in overall health, (and we should, i see a lot of well fed mother -blam!-ers out there) but that is it. The American Dream™ is becoming more of a dream and less of a reality. So, when people get all up in arms when others want to emulate what other countries are doing right, I really have to ask if they have the best interest of everyone in mind. Discuss. Edit: I agree our healthcare system is not #1 and the health ranking isn't measuring that. It's measuring health within the context of prosperity. There's links for a reason.