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I’d love to see real stats on that. All I ever see is the statement that there’s this huge problem in the US. Yet, when I travel I see tons of people without teeth, starving in the street, etc. It’s anecdotal, but I cannot imagine these countries are equivalent. I’ve even seen the claim healthcare is super good outside the United stares. Although it costs more, the US had a top notch system for medical care. They can…
Maybe the Cubans and the Spaniards have some magic genes on them, but I think is more probably that you vision of those countries is distorted. Personally, and this is my intuition talking, I think that the most important fact is primary care. If you need open heart surgery you probably would be better (marginally) in the States than Cube (assuming you can afford it), but what really makes a difference is to get diag…
Physical activity is also far higher. Again, this may be a result of relative poverty. But walking or taking public transport to work just happens to also be healthy.
Interestingly, these are factors somewhat shared across Cuba, Spain and Italy, even though there is no similar economic pressure in those countries.
On the other side of the divide, I live in Germany. We have universal insurance that is functionally equivalent to government-run healthcare (I, and everyone else, can visit a GP any time without paying). Yet outcomes here, and in Britain and Canada, are closer to the US.