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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>>…</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] My prediction<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>I admit that I find it strange the Democrats were protesting on health<span class=gmaildefault> </span>care. It has been pointed out that these were pitched as temporary<span class=gmaildefault> </span>subsidies,</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>>…Democrats were protesting the fact that per capita <span class=gmaildefault>the USA </span>spends far FAR <u>FAR</u> more on healthcare than any other country in the world<span class=gmaildefault>,</span> BUT they are nowhere near the healthiest<span class=gmaildefault><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><thead><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Country</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Life Expectancy (2025/26 Est.)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Health Spending per Capita (Nominal)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Efficiency Note</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></thead><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>United States</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~79.6 Years<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~$14,885<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Baseline</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Albania</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~80.0 Years<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~$414</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Absolute lowest spender that beats the U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Costa Rica</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~81.2 Years<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~$979</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Most famous "efficiency leader" (OECD member).<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Panama</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~80.0 Years<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~$1,472<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>High efficiency in Central America.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Chile</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~81.5 Years<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>~$1,547<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Highest life expectancy in South America.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>John K Clark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>So why would we subsidize a failed system? Removing all subsidies would re-establish cost controls in medicine. Sounds like everyone is in agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>