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The NIH says around 26,000 Americans die from lack of healthcare every year Second street org reported 23,746 people died on waiting lists in Canada a year or more ago
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Anonymous 10w

“A year or more ago”

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Anonymous 10w

26,000 Americans in 2006. Might want to look at dates on the studies. I can’t find a study about 2025 but everything I’m finding suggests it’s up double to triple that now

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Anonymous 10w

Nah that cant be true, their healthcare is free and without fault

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Anonymous 10w

…socialized healthcare isn’t inherently inefficient and expensive poor-people-die healthcare isn’t inherently efficient. Plenty of Americans die on waiting lists too, and Germany has shorter waiting lists than us.

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Anonymous 10w

> Die *from* lack of healthcare > Die with your name on a list somewhere for something

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Anonymous 10w

For the second stat, you’re implying a causal relationship. What if they’re waiting to see an eye doctor for their annual exam and they get hit by a car?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

Idk bro, the study was done from April 2024 to March 2025, so it finished last year but started the year before?

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

This is sourced from the NIH

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

Even if it quadrupled, it would still be a significantly lower per capita rate

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

There’s a reason they always use Canada as an example and never Germany, the Netherlands, or Switzerland

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 10w

Very true but that doesn’t take into account economies of scale or the fact that we have the most prestigious medical programs in the entire world

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