Re:Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich
by narrator on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:37AM
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You would pay 80% to have your healthcare paid for, but we already spend double, as a percentage of GDP, vs. any other country for health care and we have worse outcomes by many measures. More government spending will just make the problem worse. Something, anything, besides spending more money has to be done to solve the health care crisis but political thinking is so calcified that we can't imagine a solution that doesn't involve spending more money.
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FWIW there are some studies that try to break apart health outcomes caused by health care vs those cased by lifestyle. Most of these seem to indicate that we are actually getting something for our extra money in the US. Cancer recovery rates, for example, are very good in the US compared to elsewhere.
Many of our poor health outcomes seem to be due to lifestyle issues (obesity, drugs, lack of exercise, etc) not our actual health care system.
Not disagreeing with your comment as I think you are mostly right. Just thought you might find this interesting.
Re:Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich
by thatwebdude on Monday June 12, 2017 @10:04AM
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It would also be interesting to see where income lies in those lifestyle issues as well before and during the downturn.