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Article #620409Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?
From: Peter Flass
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:36
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:36
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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-02-11, John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: >> In article <el718d5tr979j00m8...@4ax.com>, >> J. Clarke <jclarke...@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. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. > > For worse outcomes ... > > It depends on a lot of factors: where you live, how much money you have, what you are geing treated for, etc. -- Pete
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