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Artistic-Breadfruit9 t1_jcbcasc wrote

This type of data surfaces every so often, and my reaction is always the same: yes, the US system is woefully inefficient BUT the population is also incredibly unhealthy. Correcting for some of these factors (obesity being a pretty good surrogate) would undoubtedly change the message.

Very nicely presented, though.

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rabbiskittles t1_jcc702r wrote

You could flip the causation around, though. If every American had ready access to see a general practitioner 1-2 times a year for a checkup at zero out of pocket cost, do you think any of those latent health issues (including obesity) would change? I’d hypothesize yes, but I could be wrong.

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