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In reply to the discussion: Dying young: Americans less likely to make it to 50 [View all]loudsue
(14,087 posts)7. And guess who is to blame? The people who enable corporations... insurance companies
who have fucked up our medical system so bad until it is in tatters. Pharmaceutical companies. Corporations who have fought and bought politicians so that not one penny of profit would get taken away from their bottom line, in order to provide a better world.
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How is this possible in the Country with the most expensive health care in the UNIVERSE?
democratisphere
Feb 2014
#1
It's because our whole society is designed primarily to make money for wealthy people.
Marr
Feb 2014
#5
And yet Denmark is virtually equal to the US in the overall chart and comes in second
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#31
It's 2nd-to-last for non-communicable disease, last for injuries, last for pregnancy-related deaths,
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#33
And guess who is to blame? The people who enable corporations... insurance companies
loudsue
Feb 2014
#7
“Even Americans with health insurance, higher incomes, college education and healthy behaviors"
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#15
Every segment of the US population lives shorter lives than their peers in other developed
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#12
Europe & Japan have chemical plants too, likely just as many per capita, in a generally more
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#23
If you look at the charts at the USC link, it is the violence in our society that accounts for
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#32
I would assume so, as it is intentional and violent. I'm saying look at the actual information
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#38
OMG!! Well, Happy Birthday, Solly Mack. I turned 50 on the 30th and going on 3 years
Ecumenist
Feb 2014
#29