There must be a reason that our life expectancy here in the United States is slipping, while people in other countries in the developed world are living longer, healthier lives.
Is it that, on average, 12 children and shot and killed, and another 26 are injured, each day in the United States? No, but that is a contributing factor.
It’s largely that healthcare is made available to Americans only of the basis of profitability for the insurance companies.
From Cornell University:
In an oft-cited study, as many as 66.5% of people who file for bankruptcy blame medical bills as the primary cause. As many as 550,000 people file for bankruptcy each year for this reason. This data has been known for many years and has continued even with the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
What his remaining supporters don’t (or refuse to) understand about Trump is that items like “250 years of democracy” don’t mean a goddamn thing to him.
He’d have sold his mother to the devil for another five minutes of power.
Without doubt, Americans’ financial and physical security is important.
But what about our moral wellbeing? We’re a pariah nation, led by a criminal sociopath.
To answer the question posed here from a reader:
I do. I have a degree in physics. Before that, I graduated from high school.
Obviously, there are scientifically illiterate people all around the country who know less about the atmosphere than my neighbor’s dog, but I’m not sure how that impacts the matter.
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