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US life expectancy was falling well before COVID in spite of spending much more in PPP terms than any other country in the world on healthcare. The country seem
by hotpotamus 4y ago
US life expectancy was falling well before COVID in spite of spending much more in PPP terms than any other country in the world on healthcare. The country seems to prefer to be fleeced than to consider other options that might be labeled as socialism.
- ilikehurdles 4y agoSlight decline vs a nosedive during the pandemic.
- fallingfrog 4y agoEverything you just said is true, but it could also be simultaneously true that most of the drop was due to covid. The two are related in fact- structuring your whole health care system to maximize profit no matter what the side effects might be makes it brittle in the face of a pandemic. Basically I'm saying that my statement, and your statement, are not contradictory but rather two sides of the same coin.