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The main reason for this, no doubt, is that in most countries with socialized healthcare, doctors are incentivised to not put a diagnosis on the patient, as tha
by zosima 2y ago
The main reason for this, no doubt, is that in most countries with socialized healthcare, doctors are incentivised to not put a diagnosis on the patient, as that is costly.
In the US, with private health care, the incentives are the opposite.
Each has pros and cons, but there is definitely nothing to suggest that this demonstrates worse health care in US.
- dangus 2y agoI think it has to do more with the infrastructure in America. Almost nobody is giving our physically built world credit for our obesity and sedentary lifestyles. The vast majority of people live in places where they have to live almost their entire lives in their cars. If you’re in the privileged minority of Americans who live in a walkable pre-automobile city, you’ve probably experienced your friends and family from out of town acting like walking 4 miles a day is a lot. When they visit they’ll timidly ask about how we are getting to our next destination because the there is anxiety about how to figure out navigating life where not every physical destination involves a car. You’ll have to remind them to bring things like adequate outerwear, hats, raincoats, gloves, because they just let their car handle that for them. Most of the somewhat bad car-focused cities in other countries still do better than America on this issue. America is the land of the couch on wheels. It literally is Wall-E already.