I have read that without illegal immigrants many jobs will go unfilled such as in agriculture because Americans won't do them. Instead of trying to make our border more secure I would rather see that $ get spent on helping homeless people get housing, job skills, mental health needs met, etc. It would be a much better use of our $ as a country. Immigrants from Mexico aren't coming here to commit crimes but to have a better standard of living for their families. In fact I read they commit fewer crimes then the general population. How about spending that $ on helping poor seniors who are choosing between meds and food?
Since you asked so nicely, here you are:
https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/healt...ans/index.html
Interesting how the article noted that 30 years ago the US did better than most of the comparison countries. Automobile deaths have declined since then. Not sure about guns and drugs. It would be interesting to see what other countries did that caused their numbers to improve relative to ours.
I would guess there's a large number of factors involved. The U.S. hasn't aged as fast as many of those countries, and many life -shortening behaviors tend to be more popular among the young. The price of gasoline has risen faster outside the US, which may result in a difference in miles driven, or not as the case may be. Dietary fashions may differ. Who pays how much for antibiotics is just one part of it.
I'm all for universal care and imagine there is something to the numbers, but I don't know if all the necessary information is reflected. Most notable is the fact that most of the numbers I've seen rank the U.S. as the most obese nation in the world and has a notably poor western diet. I suspect heroin or alcohol abuse, suicides, smoking rates, and social and family supports may weigh the scale one way or another, but may be just as relevant as health care. So it may be correlation or it may be coincidence. What's the old saying, correlation does not imply causation.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)