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> But the fact that US citizens accept third-world level healthcare is baffling to me.

US healthcare, even the free stuff, is well above third-world level. The typical is very comparable.

Yes, the US life-expectancy stats aren't fantastic, but healthcare isn't the only variable. (Look at the disease cure rates - we do very well on cancer for example.)



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