Originally posted by Eladar
I guess the US had the best medical care in the world before Obamacare.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2011/11/23/the-myth-of-americans-poor-life-expectancy/
cancer. that's it. that's all there is in that idiotic, biased link. no mention of diabetes, no mention of people without medical insurance, no nothing. excluding fatal injuries is also idiotic. rape victim gets billed for ambulance ride because she didn't have the right medical insurance.
he also has the audacity to mention how people affording good medical insurance have a higher life expectancy. well, freakin duh. we were however talking about US life expectancy, not US fairly rich people life expectancy.
also if you look at the per-capita spending figures, the US spends 84% more than Canada, 102% more than Germany, and a whopping 176% more than Japan (http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/OECD042111.cfm).
so in conclusion: if we get rid of all the factors that don't agree with my claim, i can say anything.
nazi germany was the best place to live. if you would just ignore what happened to the jews. and the gays, the insane, retarded, the gypsies and anyone who wasn't a nazi.