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Originally Posted by Deadshot
[color="Blue"]Dom1, I think you're right about Stats, they CAN be misleading. But these stats do prove that our Health Care is in decline. You have some good points about diet and food.
So what do you think the solution is? Take on every place that has "bad" food and "force" people to lose weight? Or would it be easier to try and fix the Health Care system?
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I don't think you go after any place that has "bad" food. If someone wants to eat four Big Macs a day I don't care. The only time it will effect me is when I have to pay extra taxes to pay for their bypass operation, which I am against. Just like if someone wants to smoke cigarettes, it is their own personal choice. The only time it effects me is when I have to flip the bill for their lifestyle choices.
I think the problem is more with the unhealthy lifestyles of Americans (which are by choice) than it does incompetency of our health care providers - because that is what is being said. If our health care is inadequate, it is inadequate for everyone - even those who can afford good medical care. That is an indictment on the health professionals. For example, the stats on infant mortality. That is an indictment on our health care providers, not any system. People on medicare actually pay less to have children than I do (and I know this from anecdotal examples). It isn't a lack of money that is the reason for infant mortality, there are other factors. I think it has more to do with the lifestyles of some of the mothers in this country than it does doctors and nurses.