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   From: abelard3@abelard.org   
      
   On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 02:21:13 +0000 (UTC), "No Healthcare For YOU!!"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Americans Die Younger Despite Spending the Most on Health Care   
   >By Laurie Meisler   
   >August 2, 2017   
   >Typically, the more a developed country spends on health care, the longer its   
   >people live.   
      
   where is your evidence?   
      
   public health measures such as water treatment, diet, exercise and   
        vaccination are far more important than 'health care'   
      
   > The U.S., which spends the most on health care, bucks that   
   >trend. Compared to the 35 countries in the Organization for Economic   
   >Cooperation and Development, which promotes policies to improve social and   
   >economic well-being, the U.S. life expectancy of 78.8 years ranks 27th.   
      
   they also spend more on hamburgers   
      
   >It   
   >has the fourth highest infant mortality rate in the OECD, the sixth highest   
   >maternal mortality rate   
      
   nonsense, they have a more strict definition of live birth   
      
   > and the ninth highest likelihood of dying at a   
   >younger age from a host of ailments, including cardiovascular disease and   
   >cancer.   
      
   more nonsense...they have a high survival rate...   
   fat increases risk of just about all diseases including cancer..   
       their survival rate is high on like for like   
      
   america also has at least 10-15 million illegals, mostly from third   
       world countries   
      
   you are a very dishonest and cowardly poster   
      
   >The U.S. is the most obese country in the OECD, leads in drug-related deaths   
   >and ranks 33rd in prevalence of diabetes. Yet 88 percent of Americans say   
   >they are in good or very good health, according to OECD statistics. Only 35   
   >percent of Japanese, who have the highest life expectancy in the OECD, regard   
   >themselves as healthy or very healthy.   
   >   
   >Unlike other countries in the OECD, the U.S. mostly relies on voluntary   
   >health insurance to fund health-care costs. Public health insurance, such as   
   >Medicare and Medicaid, accounts for 27 percent of coverage. By contrast, the   
   >10 countries with the highest life expectancy depend on voluntary insurance   
   >for an average of less than 6 percent of their costs, and government spending   
   >for nearly half.   
      
   where is your evidence?   
      
   if gov't spends 'nearly half', where does the rest come from?   
       the money tree?   
      
   >One big reason U.S. health care costs are so high: pharmaceutical spending.   
   >The U.S. spends more per capita on prescription medicines and over-the-   
   >counter products than any other country in the OECD.   
   >   
   >https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-health-care-spending/   
      
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