Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Americans Die Earlier at All Wealth Levels Than in Europe

Americans at all wealth levels are more likely to die sooner than their European counterparts, with even the richest U.S. citizens living shorter lives than northern and western Europeans.

Posted by Corky at 10:32 PM | 35 COMMENTS | permalink

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"We also found that while the wealthiest Americans live longer than the poorest, the wealth-mortality gap in the U.S. is far more pronounced than in Europe.

We are a team of health policy researchers who study health systems and how their performance compares across countries."

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"Wealth inequality has been rising for decades, but more so in the U.S. than in Europe due to a widening gap between the wealth of the richest and the poorest.

At the same time, despite spending significantly more on health care than other wealthy nations, overall, the U.S. consistently demonstrates worse health outcomes, such as higher infant mortality rates and avoidable mortality."

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"At its core, our research suggests that health outcomes are shaped by much more than just health care systems. It is likely that economic and social policies ' from education and employment to housing and food security ' play a crucial role in determining how long people live, including across the wealth distribution.

European countries have found ways to reduce health disparities without dramatically increasing health spending.

By distributing health-promoting resources more equally across wealth groups, these nations may have created environments where longevity is less dependent on individual wealth."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-09 11:05 AM

America is not the country a lot of Americans have been instructed to think it is.
So it goes.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-04-09 12:30 PM

Even more regulations are being removed. Those numbers are just warmups.

#3 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-04-09 02:07 PM

'MURICA!

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-09 04:07 PM

Intuitively, the findings make sense. The EU prohibits many Monsanto products, Europeans outside the Balkans are not gun fanatics, so murders are less than the US, and people socialize more and watch less TV in Europe. America's pattern of Friedrich Engel's "social murder" affects the wealthy as well as the masses it seems.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-09 04:19 PM

It's amazing with basic education and healthcare can do for people.

It's unfortunate this nation doesn't value its citizens.

Mostly due to the sociopathic nature of Americans whose ancestors were kicked out of Europe hundreds of years ago.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-09 04:27 PM

- basic education and healthcare

Is what the smartest, healthiest, and happiest countries in the world have.

Educated people vote for lwing populist policies that embrace the People pooling their money for such things as Health Care.

And lower-level education (high school diploma) vote rwing populist... whom the New Gilded Agers manipulate with what are OBVIOUS LIES from and OBVIOUS LIAR to libs.

Because they are more educated and a bit healthier; Education Level being the best predictor of how Americans vote now.

The Nazis were, and are, rwing populists. That's a fact. And they also had a Cult Leader.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-09 04:53 PM

And every one of those days spent living as a Eurocuck working as a glorified theme park worker for middle class Americans. That is probably why they keep working on more suicide machines.

#8 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-09 07:35 PM

Mon dieu! Vive la France!

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-09 08:51 PM

#8

Wonder what that is translated from the Trumpspeak?

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-09 09:21 PM

"Mon dieu! Vive la France!
#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead"

Did they teach you French at the law school that you pretend to have attended?

#11 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-10 12:13 AM

the law school that you pretend to have attended?

Yet another sock puppet tell.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-04-10 12:22 AM

"#12 | Posted by REDIAL"

Are you going to shed some tears because LegallyRetarded got caught in a lie?

#13 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-10 12:58 AM

Are you going to shed some tears because LegallyRetarded got caught in a lie?

Nope. I'm more interesting in why you losers keep changing usernames and coming back with the same --------.

Did you get banned? Were your previous posts murdered by reality? Just forget your password?

Do tell.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-04-10 01:04 AM

why you losers keep changing usernames and coming back with the same --------.

It's pathetic. They could be anything they wanted on the internet really. They chose to be stupid.

#15 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-04-10 01:36 AM

"Were your previous posts murdered by reality?
#14 | Posted by REDIAL"

I have never lost and argument to you -------- - that is what you cannot stand about me. You hate that just about as you hate the fact that you are a Canadian yearning to be a US citizen.

#16 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-10 01:41 AM

" I have never lost and(sic) argument to you --------"

Objection your honor. Facts not in evidence.

But let's put it to the test: what other names have you posted under?

Usually the main reason to change your handle is because you've lost so many debates. What's your excuse?

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-10 01:44 AM

But let's put it to the test: what other names have you posted under?

Yeah. Let's do that.

#18 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-04-10 02:05 AM

what other names have you posted under?

Because I distinctly remember you finding some foreign country which hadn't caught Covid...despite less than 10% of their inhabitants being vaccinated. Or so you claimed.

Turned out you didn't understand world commas versus world periods, and the reason they didn't catch Covid was their vax rate was ABOVE 90%.

I also recall another time....

Go ahead, be brave*: what other names have you posted under?

(*We know he won't. This is where he runs away.)

I wonder how many posts it'll take to identify him under his next name? I'll take the under.

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-10 02:11 AM

I wonder if any of the good folks at #anonymous read the Drudge Retort?

#20 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-10 02:33 AM

"what other names have you posted under?
#17 | Posted by Danforth"

I believe posting under multiple names is against the rules of this website.

#21 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-10 02:38 AM

Time for your new username.

#22 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-10 04:31 AM

The obesity rate in the U.S. is double the obesity rate in Europe. Every other factor discussed above becomes negligible in light of that simple fact.

#23 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-04-10 09:05 AM

"The obesity rate in the U.S. is double the obesity rate in Europe."

Guess we need those food tariffs after all...
Save us from ourselves, Trump!
(Cut to Trump eating McDonald's)

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-10 09:22 AM

"I believe posting under multiple names is against the rules of this website."

That doesn't answer the question, does it?

If I didn't know better, I'd say you're such a coward, you can't even stand behind your own prior posts.

#25 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-10 10:29 AM

Yet another sock puppet tell.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-04-10 12:22 AM | Reply | Flag

This is hilarious considering everyone here knows LYD is a sock puppet. But not just any sock puppet. It's a racist, misogynistic, hateful liberal who wishes death on political opponents and encourages suicide. But I don't begrudge the account, I'm glad it exists. It points out that today's liberal is nothing more than a lip service to their cause, considering the accounts who were banned from this site for things much less hateful.

#26 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-10 01:05 PM

Quick, for you health libs/progs, please relocate to Europe...

#27 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-04-10 03:46 PM

Msgt, do the nation a favor by following Budd Dwyer's example.

#28 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-10 03:48 PM

Did they teach you French at the law school that you pretend to have attended?

#11 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-10 12:13 AM | Reply | Flag:

the law school that you pretend to have attended?

Yet another sock puppet tell.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL

okay....

Did they teach you French at the law school that you pretend to have attended?

how about now....|

#29 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-10 04:55 PM

just scanning I saw the N word twice at least.

no BIGOTS not THE n word....your new n WORD...

the one that's been sent into irrelevancy...because....

you're stupid...and you didn't learn a thing about racist / or

all of the other lazy butt way to argue and defend.

there are so many other reasons one of which is if you have EVER

been to Europe as I have....virtually all or most of it...you see and feel it....

they don't run frantically from one place to another and I never saw anyone going berserk...

ALSO..when you have porn in hotel rooms....you tend to be more relaxed.

NOT that I watched it...

#30 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-10 05:03 PM

duh...forgot something again...

diet...compare most .
med diet lives longer than anyone outside of asia...
ENGLAND>....except for shepard pies SUCKS....so it's mo wonder they don't 0vereat.

Germany / Austria....not bad....Switzerland is better

I never once saw a buffet...other than breakfast in a hotel....
not one time did I see a 'eat bad food until you puke" food bar.

Ireland was decent but nothing to take samples home.

the point is lifestyles...much more relaxed probably because they figured we'd always be there to defend them against the BEAR>

.even in Monte Carlo the gaming tables were low key..

..( I was mistaken for George Clooney several times with my tuxedo on ) .

#31 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-10 05:17 PM

" The obesity rate in the U.S. is double the obesity rate in Europe. Every other factor discussed above becomes negligible in light of that simple fact.

#23 | POSTED BY MIRANDA7 AT 2025-04-10 09:05 AM | "

You beat me to it.

#32 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-10 08:11 PM

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#33 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-10 08:13 PM

My creepy stalker is at it again.

#34 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-10 08:28 PM

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#33 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-10 08:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

It doesn't take any effort on this site. The overwhelming majority of the (15) posters here are triggered beyond understanding.

#35 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-10 09:01 PM

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