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The amazing thing about all that $ for medical care is we're barely any better off than people in the victorian era: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
by dilap 6y ago
The amazing thing about all that $ for medical care is we're barely any better off than people in the victorian era:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672390/
And actually, if weight by quality of years lived, almost certainly worse off.
(That's a British paper, but let's say US and UK are roughly equal.)
This is, I think, because we're basically poisoning ourselves w/ poor diet, then trying to mitigate w/ medical care.
Probably most people would more or less agree with the above statement, but then you'd find very little agreement about what exactly about our diet makes it so unhealthy. (I think the #1 culprit is excessive linoleic acid.)
- antepodius 6y agoWell, also because of the societal trap of health insurance. If you have health insurance, you're (hopefully) not paying for your medical costs. So the medical costs get jacked up- after all, you, the buyer, don't front the bill. If nobody had health insurance, medicine would be cheaper. Of course, for every individual who can afford it, health insurance is a good choice (individually).
- dilap 6y agoNo doubt the efficiency of the care that is being provided could be dramatically improved, but that's not the root problem, IMO.
- antepodius 6y agoI basically agree with you.