a lot of the debate always centers around the policies of the healthcare system but I think it's good that the article at the end also spells out a very obvious

a lot of the debate always centers around the policies of the healthcare system but I think it's good that the article at the end also spells out a very obvious point, Americans are much sicker than many other countries. A complicated and expensive healthcare system does certainly not help, but there isn't enough talk about how obesity, diabetes, chronic pain, infections and other conditions are linked and mutually reinforcing. Even infant mortality which always is cited in the US is much higher in obese women. People can marvel at Singapore's technocracy and how efficient their healthcare is but also, you won't see that many unhealthy people there as you do in many other industrialized countries, and that shaves countless billions off the budget by itself. In many rich countries we seem to be completely unwilling to discuss or we even create taboos around how to improve population health.