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Surprising findings about your life expectancy and US health care
Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
November 30, 2019
We should not be surprised, then, that the overall survival rate for colorectal cancer in the United States is 65 percent – five percentage points higher than in the United Kingdom.
Far too many Americans are dying young. But a government takeover of the U.S. health care system is unlikely to address what’s driving life expectancy.
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Healthcare’s 20-week waiting period
Journal Courier | Sally C. Pipes
November 28, 2019
You can do a lot in 20 weeks. Take a semester of college classes and have time for a five-week vacation. Watch an entire NFL season, including the first few rounds of the playoffs. Even earn a private pilot’s license. Or, if you’re Canadian, you can spend 20 weeks waiting for routine surgery.
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Industry Voices—Canada’s cautionary tale on ‘Medicare for All’
Fierce Healthcare | Sally C. Pipes
December 2, 2019
But a new report from the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), an independent think tank in Canada, should throw some cold water on those assertions. The analysis exposes the many flaws of Canada’s health system—from long wait times to surprisingly high costs. Many residents of our neighbor to the north leave to seek better care abroad.
Canada is hardly the healthcare paradise progressives purport it to be. It’s imperative that we keep Canadian-style healthcare out of this country.
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