Some in the international community accuse the US of being stingy in foreign aide cause studies show our government give far less then other governments to which an answer has been advanced at US stinginess in foreign aide?/Organized Christianity abuses power and money?/Big Business' portrayed as corrupt? which basically argues that those studies do not take into account private volunteer/donations through private non governmental organizations which then puts the US on equal par with most other countries. For more on that see Faith and Family Philanthropy.

Now another criticism by some in our international and national community today is over the cost of health care in the US. To which is given a brief response below.

"None of the best-known international health care comparisons consider contributions to medical innovation."-From study at CATO Institute.

BENDING THE PRODUCTIVITY CURVE: WHY AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN MEDICAL INNOVATION-"....In general, Americans tend to receive more new treatments and pay more for them -- a fact that is usually regarded as a fault of the American system.  That interpretation, if not entirely wrong, is at least incomplete, say Whitman and Raad:

• Rapid adoption and extensive use of new treatments and technologies create an incentive to develop those techniques in the first place.
• When the United States subsidizes medical innovation, the whole world benefits; that is a virtue of the American system that is not reflected in comparative life expectancy and mortality statistics.
• Inasmuch as a medical treatment must first be invented before its costs can be reduced and its use extended to everyone, medical innovation remains critical....."