Quote (fender @ May 25 2019 10:31am)
healthcare systems are determined by federal policy, and when you compare america with its peer countries there is no metric by which you can come to the conclusion that your system serves its people better than those countries, that's an outright ridiculous suggestion.
i see how you're pivoting to other metrics and how you're trying to obscure the results by laughably acting like all of europe had a united healthcare system, but that's not any less transparent than the previous deflection attempts by other hacks.
the funny thing is: i know you know how shitty your system is, like a majority of americans in fact. i know you're probably aware that you're being fucked by your politicians, who rather spend the money on wars (to benefit their fossil fuel and defence industry donors), walls, and tax breaks for the rich, while pretending universal healthcare is just not affordable. the problem with a majority of right wingers, and this forum provides ample proof for that on a daily basis, is that you just can't help but make excuses for it - because 'murica. it's the very conditioning republicans use to have their base vote against their own best interest over and over: jingoism and fearmongering works wonders with simple people...
The only metric you've referenced is whether or not the United States has a universal healthcare system.
They do not, and their HDI doesn't appear to be impacted.
So what are you saying exactly? That people in New Hampshire don't live better than people in France or Germany? They certainly do.
Americans benefit in terms of higher salaries and choice driven care, Europeans benefit through universal coverage.