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Yeti-420-69 t1_izr2gro wrote

What ISN'T America the worst at? Do they just really love insurance companies or something?

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tessthismess t1_izr3fm2 wrote

Well the people who make policy do. The other 99.9% of us hate them.

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slides_galore t1_izsqnhy wrote

And the ones who make policy get cadillac plans for life.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_izscflj wrote

Excellent universities, high wages, good test scores when you control for race, funds pharma R&D for the rest of the world, top tech industry. Health care quality is actually pretty high, too, just expensive, and you can have a European life expectancy if you don't overeat garbage or abuse drugs.

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Yeti-420-69 t1_izsqzxz wrote

High wages for the top 1% of earners... Your minimum wage is a fucking joke

Good health care for those that can afford it... The rest die with medical debt, hence the chart above.

All your food is garbage. When I travel there I find it almost impossible to eat well without just going to the grocery store and living on fresh produce. It's disgusting.

The things you listed are only available to the well off.

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rabbiskittles t1_izsuv29 wrote

We have the 5th highest median income in the world, behind Luxembourg, UAE, Norway, and Switzerland. Median is insensitive to outliers, and 3 of the 4 countries that beat us have some notable asterisks.

We have objectively high wages. America has a shit ton of shitty problems, but across the board we have money.

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Yeti-420-69 t1_izsvqhk wrote

Why it all dirty and full of poor, sick fat people then?

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SophieCT t1_izsitb8 wrote

Guns. We exceed every other country on guns.

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Yeti-420-69 t1_izsppki wrote

I'm still gonna put that in the 'worst' column... Sorry!

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SophieCT t1_izsuupy wrote

Don't be sorry. It is sickening that we exceed all other countries in this.

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dragonhold24 t1_izrrk3v wrote

At least 70% of people love insurance.

Ask how many refuse to pay 100% out of pocket for a basic checkup or a prescription, yet expects the same insurance to cover emergencies and surgeries ...

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