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Post by Egg » Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:43 pm

What's killing America? U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care

A new survey on health care is revealing that you may not be getting what you pay for if you check into a U.S. hospital.

The U.S. healthcare system is more effective at delivering high costs than quality care than other developed nations, according to the study, conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD.

It found first-rate treatment for cancer but insufficient primary care for other ailments.

The study said Americans pay more than $7,900 per person for healthcare each year – far more than any other OECD country – but still die earlier than their peers in the industrialized world.

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Post by lkwalker » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:01 pm

Do the stats take into account car wrecks and Saturday night shootings and Big Mac attacks? That'll lower life expectancy a tad right there.
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Post by Egg » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:10 pm

I actually think it's our entire lifestyle - we work more than people from any other nation, including Japan.


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Post by IndicusMaximus » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:14 pm

Quit your job.... duh.
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Post by lkwalker » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:19 pm

Take out the 20,000 shot to death and the 50,000 killed in their cars and you have a different story.
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Post by Pigeon » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:54 pm

Medicine here is just another big money game. The health part is just there so it is not totally a lie and crime.

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Post by Egg » Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:07 pm

lkwalker wrote:Take out the 20,000 shot to death and the 50,000 killed in their cars and you have a different story.
Maybe the gunshots, I don't see how the car accidents would change anything. They have those everywhere.


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Post by Pana » Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:56 pm

Your infant mortality rate which is also used as a health indicator, is the highest of all the industrial nations.
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Post by Egg » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:27 pm

Pana wrote:Your infant mortality rate which is also used as a health indicator, is the highest of all the industrial nations.
REALLY? Get the heck out of here!!!


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Post by IndicusMaximus » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:27 pm

We pride ourselves in killing children, both physically and psychologically.
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