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I would like to see this correlated to access to "health care", which need not necessarily translate to improved health. From personal experience, I have a str
by nonbel 8y ago
I would like to see this correlated to access to "health care", which need not necessarily translate to improved health.
From personal experience, I have a strong suspicion that much of this "care" is actually harming people. In particular I am concerned about over-prescription of anti-pain/anxiety/depressant medications and incorrect dietary modifications (eg, to eat a low-fat/salt/cholesterol diet).
EDIT:
Very roughly, there is a link to "obamacare". From TFA:
>"The U.S. has lost three-tenths of a year in life expectancy since 2014, a stunning reversal for a developed nation, and lags far behind other wealthy nations."
>"The ACA's major provisions came into force in 2014. By 2016, the uninsured share of the population had roughly halved, with estimates ranging from 20 to 24 million additional people covered during 2016."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Afforda...
- rjkennedy98 8y agoThe psychiatrist David Healy wrote an awesome, but poorly titled book called Pharmageddon just on this point. By some estimates up to 500K people a year are killed due to bad interaction with the medical system. Per a Johns Hopkins report they estimate around 180K. Its worth noting this is not just medical errors which are incredibly frequent, but much of it is due to side effects of correctly prescribed drugs.
- nonbel 8y agoThanks, not sure if I would read an entire book on it though. What source of data does he use?