The U.S. isn't on this list of top countries for retiree well-being.

In fact, it's nowhere near the top 10, coming in at 17th out of 43.  In fact, according to the 2017 Global Retirement Index from Natixis Global Asset Management, the U.S. fell three places just since last year among the 43 countries surveyed.

And while it held on to its 7th-place ranking in health—that's as high as it got, by the way, among the four overall factors used to determine retiree well-being—it was, in large part, due more to how much we spend on health care than to outcome, since the U.S. placed an even more dismal 30th in life expectancy.

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