Sarah Kliff has an interesting chart posted at Wonk Blog which shows how bad care-inequality is in America:
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Following her source to the OECD I found this quote:
"In the U.S., 42 percent reported not visiting a doctor, not filling a prescription, or not getting recommended care. This is twice the rate for every other country but Australia, New Zealand, and Germany."
What is dangerous about this is disease only gets stronger when treated with half-measures. It is where penicillin-resistant strains come from.
Will the masters of America ever realize that their own health depends upon public health, and that disease doesn't grant pardons?
The clown-car called the GOP doesn't have an answer for this except to say, "Pay more or die".
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