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It's certainly true that the health care system in the US is bonkers, and there are manifest injustices in how things work, but it also represents an enormous f
by scottlocklin 7y ago
It's certainly true that the health care system in the US is bonkers, and there are manifest injustices in how things work, but it also represents an enormous failure in public health efforts. 4/10 US adults are obese. Only 30% of the country manages to not be overweight!
- claudeganon 7y agoThe absence of good public health initiatives is also the result of the fractured, poor quality, expensive, private healthcare system in the US.
- scottlocklin 7y agoThat doesn't at all follow. People aren't fat and out of shape because health care (aka being able to see a doctor) is private or because it sucks; they are so because it isn't considered a national priority like it was at one point in US history. How many people graduate high school knowing how to take care of their bodies? For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fISgKl8dB3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fISgKl8dB3M