Why is life expectancy in the United States so bad? It seems perverse to be richer than these other countries but falling behind in something as basic as “not dying.”
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Plain and simple. Lack of universal healthcare.
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We're paying $15k per citizen while China dishes out a whopping $532. They just passed us on life expectancy--it's deeper than healthcare
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Who’s “we?” Even China has universal healthcare

Jul 3, 2022 · 2:12 AM UTC

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We have so much bullshit and pork fat in our healthcare system. For instance, who makes the diagnosis also manages to hold the cure
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Yes and look at what the cost is?
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No they don't. China's healthcare is so broken, it can't even be considered a system youtube.com/mzIvmhW9R6o

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没有 Marianne Williamson 没有新美国
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every developed country other than U.S. has universal healthcare; they also have other elements of the social safety net the Western Europe countries have outstanding social benefits for their citizens - my theory on this is, they gave up war in Britain, NHS established 1948
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