[ExI] government corruption

[Alejandro Dubrovsky]

On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 07:09 -0800, spike wrote:

> 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.  
> 
Murders and deaths from drug abuse make up an almost insignificant
number of deaths in any of the OECD countries, including the US.  I
think that the major difference in the death rate between the US and
other OECD countries is heart disease (eg see
fiordiliji.sourceoecd.org/pdf/health2007/812007051-2-4.pdf )

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement of the view that the medical
establishment of other OECD countries is better than the USA's or that
government supported medicine is better than private.