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3. Note also some statistical artifacts. Low-birthweight babies get intensive medical care in the US, increasing our medical spending. It doesn’t always work, hurting our infant mortality stats and life expectancy. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you live a European lifestyle in the US, you’ll have higher life expectancy than in Europe. If you live an American lifestyle in Europe, you’ll have a lower life expectancy than in the US. — PolitiTweet.org

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But ceteris paribus, we do have better life expectancy, and you can see this in things like cancer survival results. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. But we’re also living unhealthier lives. Because we’re wealthier, we walk less and drive more and have much much more obesity. Our medical spending is going to propping up unhealthy lifestyles rather than life expectancy. — PolitiTweet.org

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We fall short on European-Americans. But a lot of the stats reflect demographic differences. — PolitiTweet.org

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But it's not clear to me that we don’t get longer life expectancy. 1. For example, Asian-Americans live longer than Asians. Hispanic-Americans live longer than Central Americans. African-Americans live longer than Africans. — PolitiTweet.org

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Probably waste more money on inefficient end of life care. Definitely spend more money on preemie babies. — PolitiTweet.org

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Costs: We pay more for pharma, of course, but we also get more medical care. Not clear what the optimal number of CAT scans is, but we get more of them here. Our doctors make more money too. Probably spend more money on cosmetic surgery—I don’t know where that fits in the stats. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hey, a thread. Why does the US spend more on healthcare, but have lower life expectancy than countries that spend less? — PolitiTweet.org

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Just a reminder that the FDA killed 60,000 people because they didn't want to review the COVID vaccine application over Thanksgiving weekend in 2020. — PolitiTweet.org

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Vanillamynts! Why isn’t this a commercially viable flavor? I miss vanillamynts. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SullaFelix8: One notable thing about this moment is that Biden has a long clear track record of being a MAD guy who thinks any nuclear… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MediaHatesYou: @seungminkim @Heminator Trump admin: doomsday clock set at 11:59:56 <Putin discusses using nuclear weapons during this… — PolitiTweet.org

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@rabbijonsiger Glad you’re ok. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bendreyfuss But you said DC. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bendreyfuss But DOJ has authority over DC, so many have had some probation sentences out there. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bendreyfuss There aren’t for the most part. Not a single person in federal prison for it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless @snitkovskiy How many people will lose their jobs if the company goes under? How many pension holders and retirees will lose money if Peloton stock drops to zero? Prioritizing profits is prioritizing people. It’s the trolley problem in action. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cptjtspaulding The Droste-style orange-shaped chocolate sectional slices are seasonal. The Trader Joe’s dark-chocolate covered orange jelly sticks were not. https://t.co/PW4J59ExBy — PolitiTweet.org

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@PubliusMacArth1 It’s a joke, son, laugh. https://t.co/wFNfQRMsvj — PolitiTweet.org

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This never would’ve happened if Jeff Sessions was still the AG. — PolitiTweet.org

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RIP cheese enchiladas. Men’s over-50 multivitamin. Lite havarti cheese slices. Three-color tortellini. Yellow lentil Indian entree. Cheese raviolini. Cheesecake ice cream. Dark chocolate orange candies. — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s an executive at Trader Joe’s tasked with analyzing my repeat purchases so they know what to discontinue. — PolitiTweet.org

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So the official position of the Biden administration is that vaping is worse than marijuana. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheDangerman061 Is it an “attempt” to brainstorm at a meeting? Has there ever been discipline for “attempts” that are just internal debates? — PolitiTweet.org

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@DailyCaller @Heminator https://t.co/0RNzPBfxNq — PolitiTweet.org

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@DailyCaller @Heminator Misleading. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Greg651 What did a blanket ever do to you? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emre_mayo: @tedfrank Literally not a single person in jail helped by this policy. https://t.co/01gN81cPwq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chancery_daily: apparently, Twitter is so fast they have already responded to the motion, which is ... kinda amazing, but here's the li… — PolitiTweet.org