Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S. (2016)
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Re: Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S. (2016)
#2Relevant: the US spends double the amount of other countries on healthcare, yet has a life expectancy 3 years shorter.
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#3(2016, right?)
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#4(Release Date: May 3, 2016)
Re: Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S. (2016)
#5I wonder what the average/aggregate expected loss in years of life is due to this. It's very different to make a fatal error on somebody with a life expectancy of 1 year vs 50 years. This data doesn't seem to be discussed in the article.
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#6On the other hand, for-profit medicine is great for the shareholders.
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#7Relevant: the US spends double the amount of other countries on healthcare, yet has a life expectancy 3 years shorter. https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low
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#9Relevant: the US spends double the amount of other countries on healthcare, yet has a life expectancy 3 years shorter. https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low
Let the market decide!11!
Mark Cuban's project of selling off-brand medication for cheap is great - insurance companies don't want to work with them, but if said insurance companies still require their customers to pay for medication and that project is even cheaper than that, they'll get competed out of the market.
Also that free market thing is a lie, it's in the medical industry's interest to keep prices high and to not have competition / undercutting happen.
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#10Relevant: the US spends double the amount of other countries on healthcare, yet has a life expectancy 3 years shorter. https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low
Our healthcare system is an absolute travesty for the poor, but it's pretty lousy even for people who can afford care. I know plenty of people with 7- and 8-figure net worth, people who have connections to the medical system, who've still received substandard care. It's at the point where no one's winning.