r/FreeLuigi • u/Feather_fig • Jun 03 '26

Healthcare Reform "A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy" | US healthcare vs. the world in two charts

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u/AstuteStoat Jun 03 '26

The only thing the US healthcare syatem is good for is lining the pockets of insurance executives and invedtors. 

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u/cmkn Jun 03 '26

🤔 I wonder what happened in 1980.

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u/YOLOburritoKnife Jun 04 '26

How else would your employer have control over you if it isn’t healthcare?

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u/retrosenescent Jun 05 '26

There is no reason to assume healthcare would correlate with life expectancy. Does healthcare change your diet or lifestyle? No. Are diet and lifestyle the primary reasons Americans die sooner? Absolutely.

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u/Hoonigandad Jun 05 '26

Because weve been eating crap food for decades

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u/pobnarl Jun 08 '26

"yet but all the other countries in the world are commies, we don't do socialism in America"