Louie comments on Young Americans believe they have the best health in the world... - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Louie 04 February 2013 06:12:47AM 0 points [-]

The guts of the study lists one (of many) possible causes:

"getting health care depends more on the market and on each person’s financial resources in the U.S. than elsewhere".

Insurance companies should point out to their detractors that they provide a valuable service by making healthcare so inaccessible that Americans no longer have any idea how they're doing. And that given this absence of knowledge, Americans assume they're doing great.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 February 2013 04:33:53PM 0 points [-]

This quote from the article points out causes of poor health, not of poor self-evaluation skills.

given this absence of knowledge, Americans assume they're doing great

Do you believe that people below 34 answer based on knowledge derived from healthcare services? I don't think teenagers visit their doctor very often.