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Originally Posted by arock10
It's quality of healthcare... Overall available quality of healthcare to everyone
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not necessarily...
- cars are more popular in the US, which lead to more accidents which lowers life expectancy (LE)
- US has relatively high homicide rates, which lowers LE
- US has relatively high obesity rates which lead to lower LE
- US has higher inequality than most socialist countries, which results in some poor not getting adequate health care, resulting in lower LE
- US is generally less "paternalistic" than most socialist countries, which lowers LE
(for example: most countries require wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, in many US states there is no such requirement)
..etc
none of these have anything to do with actual quality of health care available to US citizens...