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Originally Posted by bishopnl
The first is that, Chris, your comments regarding countries with universal healthcare having longer life expectancy rates, overlooks one of the common laws of logic as taught by university professors around the country. That is that correlation does not equal causation. Taking two common points of interest and assuming that one must cause the other is flawed logic. As has already been pointed out, homicide rates in the US are higher than in other countries. There are a LOT of reasons one could point too besides the health care system that might have an affect on life expectancy rates
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Not only are homicide rates higher, but the rate of
death by auto accident is higher here also than in many industrialized countries (partly influenced by a very high DWI rate). Between homicides and accidental deaths, the numbers are skewed to such an extent that we really cant draw any valid conclusion based on the life expectancy numbers. For advocates of Universal Health care to still use the "life expectancy" argument is either an indication of a lack of knowledge, or intellectual dishonesty.
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