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Originally Posted by dippin
Holy crap. You do realize that the issue you have portrayed has nothing to do with using GDP as a weight in comparisons, right?
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As I was witting the analogy, I started thinking the point would be missed.
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You do realize that, considering that the US has the largest GDP in the world, and one of the largest GDP per capita in the world, the fact that the US spends more as a share of GDP means that the US spends much more, comparatively, in actual dollars, right?
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O.k., I will not use an analogy but ask a question to illustrate a point.
If the US spends a higher percentage of GDP on health care, what are we spending a smaller percentage on?
Compared to some nations are we spending a smaller percentage on, oh lets say - food? Or, how about clothing? What logical conclusion can you draw from that? You can't draw any logical conclusion from making the connections between these variables. You have to dig deeper and really understand what is going on in each nation.
Here is a good one to chew on - we spend a smaller percentage of GDP on food but we are the most obese nation in the world. Does that mean our food is really, really, good.
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And you do realize that the table I linked above actually shows that Americans get LESS healthcare, measured in visits, hospital stays, hospital beds, etc. than others who spend much less, right?
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If life is prolonged based on being in a hospital bed, I would rather live a shorter life outside of the hospital. I would rather chase the young fillies!
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And you do realize that not only do other nations get more care, they also have better outcomes, right?
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No.
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In other words, other than obfuscation, what was the point of this post?
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The conclusion reached by the World Health Organization is B.S.
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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Oh, I don't know maybe because the right does things like shoot doctors and blow up buildings?
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We have police, FBI, CIA, security, etc. - we know there are crazy people in the world and we take proactive measures to reduce the risk of crazy people doing harm to innocent people. When you say the "right" in this context, I assume you really mean violent crazy people and that you don't put people like me in that group, and that you simply consider me to be "crazy".
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Originally Posted by roachboy
hey ace---how about you address dippin's post directly above yours?
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Based on what you know of the report do you think coming to a conclusion from making a correlation between things like percentage of GDP spent on health care and life expectancy is correct?