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re: I’d like to be armed with facts against Bernie.
Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:43 pm to Scruffy
Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:43 pm to Scruffy
quote:
Holland’s population is 17 million people, ~5% of the US’s population.
per capita.
they have twice the mds per person.
they pay half what we do for insurance.
those numbers translate regardless of the millions.
Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:56 pm to CelticDog
quote:Ok.
they have twice the mds per person.
That isn’t the issue that impacts American healthcare and health spending.
The big issue is the American population.
Again, there is very little that is comparable between the US and Holland.
Let’s look at obesity rates:
The prevalence of obesity was 39.8% and affected about 93.3 million of US adults in 2015~2016.
In the Netherlands, it is about 20%, approximately half of the USA’s rate and a total population size of 3.4 million obese.
What doesn’t dawn on people like you, who have zero interaction with the medical field outside of going to your doctor, if you even go, is that the USA’s problem isn’t medical spending or health insurance.
It is our own citizenry.
When the ACA was passed and was actually functioning during Obama’s tenure, predictions stated that it would increase primary care, which would decrease ER visits and increase the health of our populous.
It did none of those.
We are not applicable to other countries when it comes to medicine because there are no other countries as brazenly unhealthy.
Others are catching up, but we are in a league of our own.
You want to help?
Stop pushing fat acceptance.
This post was edited on 2/23/20 at 7:07 pm
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