comparative healthcare systems
What is the US healthcare system actually optimizing for?: Market defenders
The innovation trade The US produced 55 percent of all new molecular entities approved worldwide between 2011 and 2020. More than half. The next closest country was Switzerland at 8 percent.... More People Should Die. Elderly people should be able to legally choose to end their life when they’re ready. In fact, any adult should be legally allowed to choose to die. They should be able to invite people, be present for their memorial service, and have a medical professional end their life.
And we should be more present with death in society. People should be able to attend their loved ones’ cremations. Embalming should be illegal.
I think this argument misses the current cultural context which is wildly afraid and avoidant of death. At least in the USA. The legal system doesn’t just reflect this, it keeps it in place, and keeps us from even looking at quality of life over quantity, and stuff like that....