Well you sort of imply it by mocking SC's suggestion that we should
normalize for bad lifestyle choices that are not healthcare system related. Obesity is a big one. There's no question a PORTION of our relatively worse health outcomes (life expectancy, rates of diabetes, etc) is explainable by our higher rates of obesity compared to Europe that have nothing to do with differences in health care systems. Similarly, Europe's health incomes are impacted by smoking. Why shouldn't we normalize for variable that are not health care system related but DO impact health care metrics as SC was suggesting in his original post.
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Posted: 09/16/2019 at 11:59AM