re: Question to libs about prexisting conditions and high risk

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The ironic part of this is that other countries with far more socialistic programs have better life expectancy for less money. Lets not pretend we have some sort of great efficient system over here.

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there are too many variables to make that simple statement that life expectancy is directly related to heath care.

the US has a fast food, obesity crisis. we eat more processed food, have near the highest work/stress relationship, work more hours per year then our European friends, and have higher rates of homicide and auto fatalities then most other countries as well.

this all plays in part to life expectancy