Medicine

It is frequently reported that the United States with less than 5% of the worlds population uses 18% of the worlds energy supply. What is not reported is that the US produces 25% of the worlds GDP and a small part of that is used to export enough food to feed 150 million people. The people of the US pay on average 3 times the price for pharmaceuticals that other countries pay and since most are developed in the US the rest of the world gets a price break especially the third world countries. Life expectancy in countries that receive medical aid increases accordingly as does overall health especially children. The US did receive credit for fighting AIDS in Africa but most of the time not much is said about how the world benefits from the US medicines.