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Edwcraig

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14. We are beating Croatia. Be proud.

Reply to werdna (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2024, 11:16 AM

May 2

The best measure of the health care system of a country is the life expectancy rate of a country. Even though we pay three times per capita for health care cost the United States.. . . wait for it . . . . .25th in the world. Croatia is 26th. Did I mention that the United States is around 4% of the world population but even with our "superior" health care system we have around a 16% of the worlds Covid deaths.

We are screwed.

[link:https://www.worlddata.info/life-expectancy.php|

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"This is such a great system!" cartoon, Barry Deutsch [View all] werdna May 1 OP

KNR Diamond_Dog May 1 #1

My favorite was when my doctor wrote an Rx for aspirin... malthaussen May 1 #2

A prescription for plain aspirin? PoindexterOglethorpe May 1 #3

Nope. 81mg heart regimen aspirin. Just the usual stuff. n/t malthaussen May 1 #8

No prescription needed. PoindexterOglethorpe May 1 #11

I get ibuprofen by prescription despite it being OTC. Elessar Zappa May 2 #16

Well, I hope you declined insurance and paid for it out of pocket. nt Trueblue Texan May 2 #13

Yeah. malthaussen May 2 #15

After I had my appendix out Cuthbert Allgood May 1 #4

Your situation reminds me of the time I had a stent placed in my chest. TurboDem May 1 #5

Colace EndlessWire May 1 #10

Death by spreadsheet. OMGWTF May 1 #6

As a happy Medicare recipient I am shocked by the bills my doctors send to them, OMGWTF May 1 #7

I currently have 3 different organizations providing 3 different coverages... malthaussen May 1 #9

Yup, capitalism destroys what it feeds on Farmer-Rick May 2 #12

We are beating Croatia. Be proud. Edwcraig May 2 #14