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Pay more, die younger....


               
2017 Aug 2, 11:59am   1,850 views  6 comments

by Heraclitusstudent   follow (8)  

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-health-care-spending/

Typically, the more a developed country spends on health care, the longer its people live. The U.S., which spends the most on health care, bucks that trend. Compared to the 35 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which promotes policies to improve social and economic well-being, the U.S. life expectancy of 78.8 years ranks 27th.

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4   Heraclitusstudent   @   2017 Aug 2, 12:41pm  

jazz_music says

Should one defend the USA's decadence to the point of belittling the want to survive?

Many Americans would wrap themselves in the flag and roll into an early grave rather than to take their socialized medicine.

5   RWSGFY   @   2017 Aug 2, 1:01pm  

Japan life expectancy numbers are highly suspect due to widespread practice of not reporting deaths of the elderly to the authorities. There was a story about newly-elected mayor of one of Japanese small cities trying to meet top 10 oldest residents: he couldn't meet a single one of them even after repeated personal visits to their residences. This prompted an investigation and turned out they all were long dead but their relatives kept collecting their pensions.

6   Ceffer   @   2017 Aug 2, 1:27pm  

Longevity stats are all suspect. It's the gov's and insurance companies "finger on the scale" to justify lowered payouts and benefits over time.

People croak a LOT more than the cuddly stats suggest. They are numerical opiates to make people think they will live longer.

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