• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    9 months ago

    But it is healthy lifestyles that are leading to the increase life expectancy. Also healthy life’s make universal health care cheaper.

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      9 months ago

      Meme is funny, but this is the true reason. And universal hc is affordable in many countries because US enrollees subsidize it. Costs of medications here are significantly higher, as priced by the manufacturer to make profits and reinvest. The EU is a secondary market they play in to not look like total dicks. (I have been a part of this machine)