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awake_ash
· 5 years ago
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Oh sh... No no no, the americans will come for your bitch ass
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guest_
· 5 years ago
The logic there is spurious. More countries in the entire world offer what is qualified as “free universal” or “free” but not universal healthcare than not. Because of this the list of countries that offer free/universal health care will, and does, by default contain both some of the highest ranking and lowest ranking nations for life expectancy. Using America as an example- America doesn’t have free universal healthcare. But America also tends to have very different eating habits/diet, as well as lifestyle and activities from many other nations. The logic here is like saying that a duck has feathers and can fly, so if you give a hippo feathers it will fly.
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guest_
· 5 years ago
Germany has had universal healthcare since the 1800’s. The UK since 1948. Now- in 1950 a man in the UK was likely to live to 65. In the US 67. By 1970 a man in the UK was expected to make about 72 and in the US about 71. In 1980 the UK was 73.68 and US was 73.61. In 2017 the UK was 82.9- the US was 78.6- a drop from previous years. So we can see that it isn’t so clear as universal healthcare carries all the credit as there are fluctuations over time but often the numbers are close.
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guest_
· 5 years ago
It’s also important to note that the US scores very low in a “total” healthcare review of availability, satisfaction, etc etc. however- if you have cancer or most any other terminal disease- with all other factors removed the US is ranked as the highest chance of an individual reviving treatment to survive such an illness. So it’s more complex than just “universal healthcare is better...”
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