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I'm not sure the infant mortality has much of an impact on longevity, and while there may be things the US could do about obesity within the healthcare system,

I'm not sure the infant mortality has much of an impact on longevity, and while there may be things the US could do about obesity within the healthcare system, I doubt that the reason for the US-world gap is that the rest of the world does these things and the US doesn't. You can name things that are bad about US healthcare and could be improved but that's a different topic than why Americans are in relatively poor health compared to other developed countries.

mullingitover 2y ago
> I'm not sure the infant mortality has much of an impact on longevity Infant mortality is a measurable performance indicator for the healthcare system regardless of overall population's longevity.
- getnormality 2y ago
  There's still the same problem of disentangling the population health from the efficacy of the system. Maybe mothers are less healthy in the US and that affects infant mortality. Not an expert by any means, just confused by the complexity of it all.