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Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows (www.theguardian.com)

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A new American Medical Association study shows that Americans live with diseases for an average of 12.4 years, up from 10.9 years in 2000, marking a 29% higher gap than the global average.

Mental health, substance-use disorders, and musculoskeletal diseases are key contributors.

Women in the U.S. have a larger healthspan-lifespan gap than men, with 13.7 years spent sick compared to 11.1 years for men.

The study reflects a global trend of people living longer but spending more years burdened by disease, with the U.S. leading other high-income nations in this gap.

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[–] spankmonkey 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Profits, executive pay, and massive amounts of redundant overhead that exists to squeeze out more profit. Hell, they spend a ton of money on denying claims.

All the negotiations between each medical provider and each insurer costs money.

Not going to healthcare.