Why do countries with Universal Health Care have higher life expectancy?

They are more likely to get the care that they need. Money is the primary reason that someone will not go to the doctors when sick or for regular check ups.

It's probably more due to lifestyle choices.

Why if those countries are so great in providing health care, does the US still have the highest cancer survival rate in the world?

The answer is simple: Health care availability and quality in the US is excellent, but health care can't overcome the power of personal choice in your everyday life. I would never promote any limitation of freedom, but I don't doubt that the McDonald's life is what's impacting life expectancy.

I think independence is part of it as well. Many people here just don't want to have to rely on someone else, so they are reluctant to see a doctor until someone is really bad.

Education is the only way to improve it without stripping away freedom.

First of all, countries with universal health in Europe have roughly the same life expectancy rate as the USA, maybe 1 year more, 2 tops. Secondly you or your links have offered absolutely no proof universal health care is responsible for the difference, and since you're the one making the claim, the burden of proof lays with you. God bless.

Edit: Yes you did ask a question, and that question draws an inference that universal health care is responsible for the difference, therefor you did make a claim.

Do these same countries have a higher survival rate of cancer? Do these countries have a higher survival rate of early births? Do these countries have the same standards of living as the US? Wikipedia is not exactly a reliable source so try again please.

Socialized medicine does not work. It is rationed for the masses because the govt works on a budget. I like the idea of being free to choose my own DR.

Your question and additional details are a non sequitur, therefore, we cannot answer your question.

Why does speaking English will reduce your life expectancy, as you can draw the same conclusion from the data.

What you've provided us is a textbook example of bad statistics and or sampling. There are a host of factors that affect life expectancy.

For example:

Industrialization

Locale

Diet

Exercise

Standard of living

Economic system

Transportation methods

Population

Population per household

Population density

Racial disparity

Birth rate

etc.

To base life expectancy purely on health care, insurance, or coverage is the worst form of sophistry in statistics.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

I would also figure in gang killings and highway deaths, both are higher than other countries.

But let’s not be oblivious of other factors that certainly have an important contribution. The high rates of obesity (one third of the adults are obese), racial disparities, high infantile mortality rates, tobacco use must be taken into account, discussions only about health insurances being an extremely limited approach on the matter.

This is a loaded question, for starters. Don't most-ALL nations have some form of UHC?? America is one of only a few major nations with no UHC, esp. modernized, wealthy ones.

Duh! We're 37th in overall medical care quality, and about 80th in life expectancy. The ignorant pukes who don't study medical care are easily deceived and will say any moronic crap their neo-Nazi filth commentators on Fox or hate radio tell them to. We're the ONLY civilized country in the world with no National Health care plan.

The scum of the neo-Nazi ultra-right are determined to stop ANY kind of health care reform, and are more than willing to fudge or hide statistics, or to lie. Listen to the junkie dropout psychopath Limbaugh or the arrogant nitwit/liar Hannity and you'll see what we mean.

The reason for the longer life span is simple: prevention! American "private health insurance" isn't interested in prevention, and most American M.D.'s have no such agenda, they just suck patients dry for the last dollar.

A more realistic question might've been: Why does our health care MESS do so poorly, compared to countries who have NPH?

There is no connection between the two. There are just as many, if not more countries with UHC that have a lower life expentancy.

So, you're saying that all of these fat Americans who are dragging our mortality rate down won't survive Universal Health Care? That doesn't sound like a very good system.

A lot of factors other than health care go in to those statistics. Like population size, environmental, social conditions, crime. So nice try to skew the facts, but facts prove your claim wrong.