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US healthcare

2023-02-10 18:43:22.570724+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

The Commonwealth Fund: U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes.

As the toot from which I got this observes:

- Lowest life expectancy at birth

- Highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions

- Highest maternal and infant mortality

- Highest rate of people with multiple chronic conditions

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#Comment Re: US healthcare made: 2023-02-10 20:26:22.793219+01 by: markd

> Highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions

anecdotal of course, but a friend would can't get an insulin monitoring system on insurance because his blood sugar levels aren't bad enough. "So, you have to basically get really sick before they'll do anything".