The Intersection of Health & Politics

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Living in conservative-run states takes a toll on Americans, according to a new study that found a gap in life expectancies based on a state’s political orientation. Martin Pengelly reports: Americans die younger in conservative states than in those governed by liberals, a new study has found.

The authors wrote: “Simulations indicate that changing all policy domains in all states to a fully liberal orientation might have saved 171,030 lives in 2019, while changing them to a fully conservative orientation might have cost 217,635 lives.”

The study was published on Plos One, “an inclusive journal community working together to advance science for the benefit of society, now and in the future”.

The authors were from Syracuse University in New York, Harvard in Massachusetts, Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Washington, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Western Ontario, in Canada. They wrote: “Results show that the policy domains were associated with working-age mortality.”

Americans die younger in states run by conservatives, study finds

More liberal policies on environment, gun safety, labor, economic taxes and tobacco taxes associated with lower mortality

www.theguardian.com

U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults

The rise in working-age mortality rates in the United States in recent decades largely reflects stalled declines in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality alongside rising mortality from alcohol-induced causes, suicide, and drug poisoning; and it has been especially severe in some U.S. states...

journals.plos.org

 

[MrDawn]

You know what I think it is? It's the flawed & overpriced health system that the US has. No one wants to go to the doctor because they charge you from a weeks pay to thousands of dollars that many people cant afford. Most people can't even afford health insurance. They want you to pay someone hundreds of dollars for health insurance, who may not pay anything at all for when you're footed the bill. When the insurance refuses to pay, they call that "Member Responsibility". I'm really fed up with it. It shouldn't cost so damn much to be treated when you need help.

Taxes are lower. Food costs less. And salaries are lower. Foreign doctors often make a sixth of the salary of their U.S. counterparts.

Why is Healthcare So Much Cheaper Outside the U.S.?

A recent survey reported that a single day in a hospital in the U.S. costs, on average, $1,514 (up to as much as $12,537), while in France it costs $853...

internationalliving.com

 

[Webster]

It's the flawed & overpriced health system that the US has.

No argument there.