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remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time
remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time
Source? I mean it sounds plausible, but universial healthcare is hardly the only difference between USA and e.g. Italy. Red wine and olive oil are probably not the main culprit, but lifestyle generally plays a very large role. e.g. compare Italy’s obesity rate with that of the USA, or even most other european countries. The wealthier european countries (including Italy) also have way fewer hours worked per capita than the USA.
If you don’t have to work 40+ hours a week at a job to make sure they don’t fire you to and lose your health insurance and possibly bankrupt your family then you get to have a better work-life balance.
Yea healthcare is not just going to the doctor for free. It starts in school and includes a healthy work life balance and and an environment you feel well in.
I thought they blew this all up by just doing a simple correlation of the amount of time spent walking vs health. So instead of walking to your driveway, you walk to the bus stop… etc.