(02-02-2019, 05:12 AM)lastonealive Wrote: On average you would live longer if you were born in Canada, UK or Australia.

There must be lessons out there whether they are health or distribution of wealth or a mix of the two. Even smaller items like access to public transport and walkability of areas rather than reliance on the motorvehicle probably even factors in.

Voting to lower taxes for the rich and give less for the poor probably won't solve this

On average statistics are misleading, but you are right that the health care system isn't the real issue. Neither is taxation.

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(02-02-2019, 12:01 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(01-31-2019, 05:11 PM)mikesez Wrote: You probably have personal experience with this, and it upset you.
I don't have any personal experience but I do have friends who work for the VA and friends who have gotten care from the system.
Anyhow, something is not adding up about your personal experience.
If people are waiting in a long line for care at the VA, and other places don't have long lines like that, why didn't all of them just het out of the line and try their luck at private hospitals first thing?

Because that is not always an option.

Good private groups dont take Tricare or VA patients because the reimbursement is low and, being government programs, they are difficult to deal with. Last year the Florida VA claims shop was 12 months behind in claims processing for nearly 3 months, companies dependent on cash flow can't handle that kind of delay.

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