william-t-power t1_jan5kws wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Reply to comment by TheGillos in Jay Leno looks great considering he had third degree burns all over his face by hopper75

As you can see from my comment, I didn't dehumanize them. I did put them in context, though. Also, you're mistaken about our Healthcare. Our Healthcare is some of the best in the world. One great stat of ours is cancer survival rates, it's one of the top. People fly to the US all the time for complicated procedures for a reason.

Our health insurance system is problematic. People confuse the two fairly often.

TheGillos t1_jan7bt9 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:13 PM

> Our Healthcare is some of the best in the world.

Find one of the many articles titled something like "US Health System Ranks Last Among High-Income Countries" to learn why you're wrong.

But you sound like you'll never be convinced because you're happy and "you've got yours".

william-t-power t1_jan8atq wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:19 PM

Judging an entire healthcare system is not a trivial thing and what constitutes "great" is not straightforward. This is why I brought up our cancer survival rates. Cancer is a notoriously hard thing to treat and is a very complex thing. Doing well in that is a very good sign. Additionally, we have world class medical institutions like the Mayo clinic and John's Hopkins, which drive a lot of excellence and innovation in the US health care system. There's quite a lot of travel to the US for medical procedures, which certainly suggests quality in comparison to others.

It doesn't appear that you're open to any challenging evidence given how you flippantlty dismissed the example I gave with no analysis.