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Re:Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 3... by throwaway2037 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @11:38PM (#41855373) 

    > Part of the Australian national, state, and local health care system is policy to encourage healthy life styles and to discourage, limit, or ban food additives, tobacco, etc.
Except gambling?
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Re:Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 3... by defrost on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @11:44PM (#41855402)
There's a book or two in the backstory of why neither Dentistry nor Mental Health get the same inclusion in traditional health systems :(
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Re:Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 3... by hedvig23 on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @08:16AM (#41858205)
Can you complete the assertion or cite what you were going to cite (if it was half done)?
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Re:Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 3... by defrost on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @09:59AM (#41859107)
It's complete as it stands.

see: https://theconversation.com/why-isnt-dental-included-in-medi...

, realise that mental health services also had poor inclusion at times and that "gambling" is being implied to fall under mental health services (and hence not addressed).

On a more serious note, gambling in Australia has some serious industry influence that's preventing it being properly addressed - see: (for example) Media Watch -s2024e31- Monday 2024-09-09 They're Addicted

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Re:Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 3... by blitzar on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @09:43AM (#41858963)
I bet you it wouldnt make much of a difference.
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