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>The fact insulin isn't a few dollars or free is beyond disheartening meanwhile there are people dying from lack of food in the richest nations on earth. don'
by hansel_der 5y ago
>The fact insulin isn't a few dollars or free is beyond disheartening
meanwhile there are people dying from lack of food in the richest nations on earth.
don't get me wrong, there is plenty wrong with healthcare.
- MattGaiser 5y agoIs anyone actually starving to death in wealthy nations? I get that there are people who have to skip meals in the USA, but does anyone really get to the point of dying?
- dls2016 5y agoCan almost guarantee the bigger issue is the low quality “food” options, leading to obesity and diabetes.
- munk-a 5y agoIt would be really nice if we could actually recognize this issue and address it as a society instead of getting up in arms about a mayor taking away the Big Gulp.
- arsome 5y agoThe only people dying of starvation in the western world are people who refuse to accept help or have severe addiction or mental health problems that prevent them from seeking it in the first place.
- zamalek 5y agoYup. > severe addiction problems that prevent them from seeking it in the first place. ... and we're right back at health care.
- toomuchtodo 5y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/hunger-and-undernourishment https://ourworldindata.org/hunger-and-undernourishment https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/facts https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/facts (disclosure: food bank logistics and tech volunteer in the sunbelt)
- gruez 5y agoundernourished =/= "dying from lack of food "
- toomuchtodo 5y agoHard to be specific as death from undernutrition/malnutrition isn’t going to show up on death certificates.
- MattGaiser 5y agoI understand that many are not sure where their next meal will come from or when it will arrive and I do not deny that is a problem, but that's a far cry from dying over it.
- DSingularity 5y agoStarving? Doubt it. Malnutrition? Probably plenty.