radical for-profit “investment” in healthcare research, production, and administration makes outcomes worse, not better

not to be a raging commie but this upsets me

  • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
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    The main problem is comparing America to other wealthy liberal democracies. We’re closer to lower income countries with far more authoritarian governments at this point, and we’ll only get closer with time. Comparisons to Russia and China would also be quite apt, as they’re in similar imperial positions.

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      Cuban has a higher life expectancy, and would be off the left side for cost. Turns out if you use your authoritarianism to force all the people who want to be doctors to go to college and become doctors, you get shittons of healthcare.

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          I mean, you’re kind of right? It is much worse for black women though. The rate’s of infant and maternal mortality are shockingly higher for them, let alone other health outcomes. As well you’ve got the case of Adriana Smith, which yes, could absolutely happen to a white woman. However, it’s not really surprising the case they used to normalise the concept was a black woman.

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            the whole culture of medicine is infected with conservative quacks whose first line of treatment for non-white-men is trying to convince patients they don’t need treatment