busboybus

It's urban planning and infrastructure and social policy. The once common walkable and street car serviced urban areas were destroyed by "civil rights" and public education taxation. The deliberate decision to federally fund highway infrastructure at the expense of local solutions also played a big role.

Mexico has rampant obesity and type II diabetes. Mexicans simply do not pursue as much treatment as Americans do. It washes out in the lifespan statistics, which call into question the whole point of the healthcare enterprise.

Healthcare is massively overrated.

I didn't say otherwise?! Defensive much? IQ is the single best predictor of lifespan. I think this is because ability to perform well on an IQ test means cellular metabolism is operating well in the organism.