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Originally Posted by opendoor
The results are more what matters though. And the mortality rate among U20 year olds in the US is about 45% higher than it is in Canada. And countries with better access to medical care than Canada do even better.
Sure there are other reasons for that like lifestyle. But fundamentally it comes down to the fact that lower income people in the US have significantly poorer access to things like preventative medical care, medication, healthy food, and physical activity opportunities than they do in other industrialized nations.
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If you're including teenagers, I think that might have to due more with guns and cars.
Homicide, suicide and accidents. If you own a gun, you're more likely to shoot someone or yourself by accident than on purpose.
If you drive or get driven more than taking transit, you'll be in accidents.
It's not just better access to medicare, it's better access to the whole social structure of the country.