| Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion? [message #363283] |
Mon, 12 February 2018 14:36 |
Peter Flass
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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2018-02-11, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>> In article <el718d5tr979j00m8a2nmg8b90h8qtqlsf@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Nonetheless, all over Europe and even in Canada people get health care
>>>> for free, no payment at all at point of service, and they are
>>>> healthier than Americans and the overall cost is about 1/2 of ours.
>>>
>>> Maybe the cost is 1/2 of ours because the populations they treat are
>>> healthier.
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>> Nope.
>>
>>> There is this unstated implication that "they are healthier because
>>> the medical treatment system is better". The notion that "they are
>>> healthier because their lifestyle is different" never gets considered.
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>> Sorry, but anyone who has done even the most cursory research into
>> healthcare outcomes knows this is nonsense. They look at every factor
>> you could imagine. If you've ever been to the UK, you'd know that the
>> notion that the British live healthier lives than we do is beyond
>> absurd.
>>
>> Remember, we're not talking about teasing out tiny differences here.
>> Here in the U.S. we pay twice, two times as much, as everyone else.
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> For worse outcomes ...
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It depends on a lot of factors: where you live, how much money you have,
what you are geing treated for, etc.
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Pete
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