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It's not like Europe doesn't have marginalized populations. Your argument is basically "if you exclude the parts of the US population that are worst treated by our healthcare system, then ours is the best!" There is something meaningful in comparing the "median" or "modal" health experience in different countries, but "we treat black people badly compared to white people in the USA so you have to only look at white statistics" is a terrible defense of the system.

Your point about infant mortality statistics being gamed is on point, though (and I pointed it out in a sibling commment).



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