@ProfessorZaius @mr_archenemy Commonwealth Fund was a major lobbyist group for the ACA, so their report is unsurprising.
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy McArdle's points on the impossibility of reaping gigantic savings from converting to single-payer are a lot more>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy sensible than the claims that the US healthcare industry provides better outcomes than those of Canada and the UK.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy ...other systems just allow to die. Which way do you count that?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy The US has the highest infant mortality rate among developed countries by a wide margin. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/09/graph-of-the-day-the-united-states-has-a-really-high-infant-mortality-rate/ …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy And then US spends shit-tons of money keeping them alive and they die anyway, driving up costs + "mortality"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@mr_archenemy Source? Also, this has diverged extremely far from the original topic, which was harmfulness of some advertising.7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ProfessorZaius@mr_archenemy Partial cite here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality_rate#Europe_and_America …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ProfessorZaius Black-white gap biggest factor. Reporting differences are secondary but not zero. Maybe that gets US to UK's level.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@ProfessorZaius Like I said, when you dig down into the details things get murky. Don't trust anyone's reports, certainly not mine.
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