Warren Buffett Says America Is "So Rich" It Can Afford Single Payer

speedo · Jun 30, 2017

Martinghoul said:
Single payer healthcare, perhaps? Just sayin'...

Lifestyle and diet, and generations of it. The US average lifespan is reduced much to the unfortunate tendency of urban youth to kill one another.

just21 · Jun 30, 2017

There is a difference between single payer (UK) and social insurance which Europe use. The outcomes under social insurance are better than single payer as the graphs above highlight.

java · Jun 30, 2017

To be fair, a lot of those young American mothers were probably shot.

Martinghoul · Jun 30, 2017

speedo said:
Lifestyle and diet, and generations of it. The US average lifespan is reduced much to the unfortunate tendency of urban youth to kill one another.

Lifestyle and diet certainly do impact maternal mortality. I am not quite sure the same applies to the unfortunate tendency of urban youth to kill one another.

just21 said:
There is a difference between single payer (UK) and social insurance which Europe use. The outcomes under social insurance are better than single payer as the graphs above highlight.

Sure, fine... The Italian system is very similar to the UK NHS. Let's just call it "universal healthcare", shall we?

java said:
To be fair, a lot of those young American mothers were probably shot.

While giving birth?

speedo · Jun 30, 2017

Martinghoul said:
Lifestyle and diet certainly do impact maternal mortality. I am not quite sure the same applies to the unfortunate tendency of urban youth to kill one another.

Sure, fine... The Italian system is very similar to the UK NHS. Let's just call it "universal healthcare", shall we?

While giving birth?

Sorry, I was referring to average lifespan and not maternal mortality. Taking trades and engaging in a forum is even harder than walking and chewing gum.

Tsing Tao · Jun 30, 2017

srinir said:
It is also there in today's Daily Shot.

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Ah, Pregnancy Related Deaths.

Martin's quoted chart simply said "Mortality Rate".

Banjo · Jun 30, 2017

Government Medicine: Court Declares Child Should Die Rather Than Receive Privately-Funded Health Care
https://mises.org/blog/government-m...e-rather-receive-privately-funded-health-care

Banjo · Jun 30, 2017

speedo · Jun 30, 2017

Addicts are more useful than politicians.

beerntrading · Jun 30, 2017

Banjo said:
Government Medicine: Court Declares Child Should Die Rather Than Receive Privately-Funded Health Care
https://mises.org/blog/government-m...e-rather-receive-privately-funded-health-care

Can we get the story from a reputable news service? It's pretty flimsy when even the article with the (clearly disclosed) political slant acknowledges the courts made the decision based on the interests of the child under the presumption the kid is suffering. Makes for a good headline--for rational debate, not so much.