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Is it better to have a nation with 2.5% diabetic population than 6.5% population, if it meant that the nation wouldn't have the best (but still very good) diabe
by pcurve 14y ago
Is it better to have a nation with 2.5% diabetic population than 6.5% population, if it meant that the nation wouldn't have the best (but still very good) diabetic treatment outcome? Is that a good trade-off? Probably.
I replied, because often apologists for American healthcare (I'm not saying you are one) neglect to mention why we have a good treatment outcome for certain conditions.
- tptacek 14y agoSee this is the problem. If you're making a list of "most diabetic countries", sure, stick the US at the top of the list and start thinking about public policy to reduce diabetes and obesity. But don't blindly try to use that ranking to make policy decisions about how we provide health care, which you imply by saying people are "apologizing" for US care, because making doctors and hospitals more accessible won't make people eat better.