[ExI] government corruption

[spike]

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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org 
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of 
> Stathis Papaioannou
...
> 
> As for efficiency, medical care in the US costs about twice 
> as much as in any comparable country, with outcomes such as 
> infant mortality and life expectancy near the bottom of the 
> OECD list...
> Stathis Papaioannou


I am surprised it is only twice as much.  Anything American made is three
times as much as anything made in China.  Those life expectancy lists should
be broken down by cause of death.  Most of it likely has little or nothing
to do with the quality of medical care.  People who are murdered should not
be in there, nor those who slay themselves abusing drugs.  Neither of these
are the medics' fault.  Somewhere there probably exists data on this.  

Then too, we should eventually recognize the fact that different human
genotypes have inherently different life spans.  Polynesians for instance,
seldom live into their 80s.  Shorter lived genotypes have higher birth rates
currently, pushing the life expectancy lower.

spike