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Good point. Coincidentally I just watched a pretty good CNN "Escape Fire" special on health care, and it mentioned that the US infant mortality stats included homicides of 1-4 year olds, that has nothing whatsover to do with our health care system. And they also noted that our lower longevity stats than other countries were driven in significant part by lifestyle/obesity choices, I don't doubt that either.The infant mortality statistics are >highly< suspect. The US gets "dinged" for the deaths of many infants that would never have been counted as live births in other countries.
Our health care system challenges are complex and not from any one cause, if it were only that simple. And with lots of monied interests involved (just another of many causes), solutions will not come easily. But they'll have to come if the graphic shown in Escape Fire is true - "if other prices had risen at the same rate as health care costs since 1945, a dozen eggs would cost $45 and a gallon of milk would be $48."
HOLY COW!!!
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