Despite significantly higher health care spending than Finland, the US has the worst overall child mortality rate compared with 19 other wealthy nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, according to a study published last year
The incident started when Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized the cost of childbirth in the United States, saying it's about $12,000 compared to $60 in Finland. "We've got to end the disgrace of our profit-driven health care system and pass Medicare for all," Sanders tweeted. Haley, who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations until last year, fired back at Sanders on Wednesday night and indicated Finland's health care is not as popular among its citizens.
— Nikki Haley March 20, 2019 Read MoreFinland's top UN envoy responds Following Haley's tweet, Finland's permanent representative to the UN tweeted a series of statements on health care in the nation."Finland has a high performing health system, with remarkable good quality in both primary and hospital care. The country also achieves good health status at relatively low level of health spending," Kai Sauer tweeted.
— Kai Sauer March 21, 2019 Infant mortality is considered a basic measure of public health for countries worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When it comes to under-five mortality rates, Finland has 2.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the United Nations Children's Fund, while the US has 6.6 per 1,000 live births for the same age group. In this case, the under-five mortality rate refers to the probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births.
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