The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
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Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#2Being healthy is cheap as can be, but the gap is indeed increasing. One need only spend 10 minutes at their favorite discount grocer checkout line to see why.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's very sad. Why are we destroying our bodies?
edit: this quote is getting at it, but seems to ignore the real problem.
> Research shows that health care accounts for only 10% to 20% of overall health outcomes
> when patients living in public housing have problems like pest infestations or lead paint, their team finds them attorneys to hold their landlords to account.
> Such approaches, Moore says, can address social determinants on a local level. But they need to be implemented more widely.
Do we have many people dying from lead and pests nowadays?
To me it seems like we've adopted the uber model for health in the United States. Free market and damn the externalities. Resulting in a nice profit transfer from the working class to Mondelez et al.
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#3Being healthy is cheap as can be, but the gap is indeed increasing. One need only spend 10 minutes at their favorite discount grocer checkout line to see why. I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's very sad. Why are we destroying our bodies? edit: this quote is getting at it, but seems to ignore the real problem. > Research shows that health care accounts for only 10% to 20% of overall health outcomes > when patie…
This doesn’t solve the problem of people who die of seizures, diabetes, or other ailments because they can’t afford their medication or insulin. Being lucky is not a healthcare strategy.
There is a caravan of Americans who went to Canada to get affordable insulin [1]. From a “first world country”.
The answer is universal healthcare. Everything else is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-health-insulin/ame...
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#4Being healthy is cheap as can be, but the gap is indeed increasing. One need only spend 10 minutes at their favorite discount grocer checkout line to see why. I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's very sad. Why are we destroying our bodies? edit: this quote is getting at it, but seems to ignore the real problem. > Research shows that health care accounts for only 10% to 20% of overall health outcomes > when patie…
This doesn’t solve the problem of people who die of seizures, diabetes, or other ailments because they can’t afford their medication or insulin. Being lucky is not a healthcare strategy. There is a caravan of Americans who went to Canada to get affordable insulin [1]. From a “first world country”. The answer is universal healthcare. Everything else is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. [1] https://www.reuters.co…
edit: type 2 Diabetes is a preventable condition, please see my parent edit. Even if it wasn't preventable, apparently only 20% of the disparity is due to unequal healthcare.
We don't need better health care. We just need people to care about their health.
to the people commenting that t1 is not preventable.. yes. I know that. I also know that type 2 is 23x more common in the US so it's really a nitpick imo: http://diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#5Being healthy is cheap as can be, but the gap is indeed increasing. One need only spend 10 minutes at their favorite discount grocer checkout line to see why. I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's very sad. Why are we destroying our bodies? edit: this quote is getting at it, but seems to ignore the real problem. > Research shows that health care accounts for only 10% to 20% of overall health outcomes > when patie…
Unhealthy foods are cheaper than healthy foods, partially due to sugar subsidies. This is what happens when corporations run the government. They lobby for things that are beneficial to their bottom line rather than what's better for the well being of the population.
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#6Keep pushing against the poor means the pendulum swing only gonna be more drastic
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
This doesn’t solve the problem of people who die of seizures, diabetes, or other ailments because they can’t afford their medication or insulin. Being lucky is not a healthcare strategy. There is a caravan of Americans who went to Canada to get affordable insulin [1]. From a “first world country”. The answer is universal healthcare. Everything else is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. [1] https://www.reuters.co…
edit: type 2 Diabetes is a preventable condition, please see my parent edit. Even if it wasn't preventable, apparently only 20% of the disparity is due to unequal healthcare. We don't need better health care. We just need people to care about their health. to the people commenting that t1 is not preventable.. yes. I know that. I also know that type 2 is 23x more common in the US so it's really a nitpick imo: http://d…
> Diabetes is a preventable condition
You should probably look into Type 1 diabetes.
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
This doesn’t solve the problem of people who die of seizures, diabetes, or other ailments because they can’t afford their medication or insulin. Being lucky is not a healthcare strategy. There is a caravan of Americans who went to Canada to get affordable insulin [1]. From a “first world country”. The answer is universal healthcare. Everything else is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. [1] https://www.reuters.co…
edit: type 2 Diabetes is a preventable condition, please see my parent edit. Even if it wasn't preventable, apparently only 20% of the disparity is due to unequal healthcare. We don't need better health care. We just need people to care about their health. to the people commenting that t1 is not preventable.. yes. I know that. I also know that type 2 is 23x more common in the US so it's really a nitpick imo: http://d…
Type 1 Diabetes is not. Please do not state misinformation. You can’t will a pancreas to cooperate.
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#9Unpopular hypothesis: Executive function is causally correlated with health and wealth.
Re: The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
This doesn’t solve the problem of people who die of seizures, diabetes, or other ailments because they can’t afford their medication or insulin. Being lucky is not a healthcare strategy. There is a caravan of Americans who went to Canada to get affordable insulin [1]. From a “first world country”. The answer is universal healthcare. Everything else is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. [1] https://www.reuters.co…
edit: type 2 Diabetes is a preventable condition, please see my parent edit. Even if it wasn't preventable, apparently only 20% of the disparity is due to unequal healthcare. We don't need better health care. We just need people to care about their health. to the people commenting that t1 is not preventable.. yes. I know that. I also know that type 2 is 23x more common in the US so it's really a nitpick imo: http://d…
Type 1 diabetes is not preventable, and it makes it necessary to take insulin.
If there were a clear path to eliminate that 20% disparity, why shouldn't that path be pursued?