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> The USA’s problem is mostly due to income inequality The post specifically refutes this: Europeans live longer than Europeans at all income levels.
by Georgelemental 3y ago
> The USA’s problem is mostly due to income inequality
The post specifically refutes this: Europeans live longer than Europeans at all income levels.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago> Europeans live longer than Europeans at all income levels. That isn't what I am claiming though. Specifically, that higher income inequality leads to poorer outcomes on average, not that all income levels would somehow have similar outcomes. In this case, it is the income inequality in the states (with a lack of a social safety net to redistribute much income as in Europe) that causes the worse outcomes, not the income level itself. In Europe, a social safety net provides you with similar healthcare at lower income levels anyways, which isn't true in the US (perhaps we should rename income inequality into wellness inequality?).