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Wombat said:
I get universal health care. I suspect that is why Australian life expectancy is over 84 years whereas in the USA it is 79 years Interestingly the difference in life expectancy between Australia and the USA is greater than the difference between the USA and Thailand (who apparently do things on the cheap) Just saying...
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You’ve changed subjects. Life expectancy says something about outcomes, not costs. "Free" still isn’t the right word when taxpayers are footing the bill.
 

oslooskar said:
Ah, the classic retreat behind childish insults once logic hits a nerve. I’ll take that as confirmation the point landed exactly where it should have.
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Well here's another morsel for the troll, your so called logic is illogical to me. I think it's illogical to at least one other forumite. I've received a PM about this thread!
As for your point landing where it should have , yes it did in dead ground.
As for childish insults, don't get me started...😋
Growing up is optional, growing old isn't.🤡
 
Rakaia said:
Well here's another morsel for the troll, your so called logic is illogical to me. I think it's illogical to at least one other forumite. I've received a PM about this thread! As for your point landing where it should have , yes it did in dead ground. As for childish insults, don't get me started...😋 Growing up is optional, growing old isn't.🤡
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Calling reason "illogical" and waving around anonymous messages doesn’t strengthen your case. It just shows you’ve run out of arguments. But thanks for the emoji parade, I found it rather colorful.
 

Wombat said:
I get universal health care. I suspect that is why Australian life expectancy is over 84 years whereas in the USA it is 79 years

Interestingly the difference in life expectancy between Australia and the USA is greater than the difference between the USA and Thailand (who apparently do things on the cheap)

Life Expectancy by Country and in the World (2025) - Worldometer

Just saying...
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Universal health care may have something to do with it. However don't forget that we lose about 17,000 people per year to homicide; another 50,000 to suicide; another 80,000 to drug overdoses. These numbers are more than enough to skew the life expectancy rates. Then throw in US obesity/diabetes/coronary incidence and a bunch of other cultural factors (distracted driving, for example), and I'm surprised our life expectancy is as high as it is.
 
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