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sf_sf_sf t1_j5zaytp wrote

Reply to comment by dennismike123 in US Life Expectancy in 2021 Lowest Since 1996, according to recent article in JAMA by Dying-gaul

It would be interesting to see the healthy results for America's wealthiest (10/20/30%) and compare it to the average European.

Question; Do you have to be super rich in America just to get the Average health results for Europe?

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nimama3233 t1_j5zd92t wrote

You certainly don’t have to be super rich, just stable.

A salary a bit above the median and a job with consistent insurance means you’ll have equal opportunity for healthcare relative to Western Europe.

I also don’t think this decrease in life expectancy is necessarily entirely due to healthcare; overdoses have massively gone up and so have suicides. This yet again effects poor people more than those that are well off and comfortable.

Our biggest issue is certainly the wealth gap. There’s a LOT of people in relative poverty and the minimum guarantees for quality of life provided by the government is absolutely not on par with Western Europe.

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