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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by orwin on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:39AM (#37309547)
I mean, in France we have a 'life expectancy' metric (82.5) and a 'life expectancy with good health', which is on average, the age someone born in 2023 will reach before getting daily pain or start loosing independence. The number is 76.5 year old (10th in Europe).

What's 'funny' is that our life expectancy with good health match USA life expectancy this year.

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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by soco on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:42AM (#37309584)
Maybe because on average in USA you die from your first illness. Yes, I'm sarcastic.
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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by HDThoreaun on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @01:00PM (#37310745)
American culture places a lot of importance on individualism. This means people are free to make choices that will lower their life expectancy without fear of judgement. So Americans don't live as long. Doesn't really prove anything about the quality of health care.
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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by rwmj on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @01:07PM (#37310828)
I can assure you that eating and drinking yourself to death is entirely possible in France too :-)
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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by HDThoreaun on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @01:31PM (#37311161)
Us obesity rate 36%, france 17%
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