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

  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I wonder if the life expectancy is calculated as a birth-to-death or weighted to reduce the effect of infant mortality, which I imagine is also worse in the US.

    If not, I wonder how our anti-abortion and anti-women legislation contributes to that life expectancy reduction in addition to the lack of access to healthcare.

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      High healthcare costs also add to childhood mortality as parents are less likely to bring their kids in for preventative care