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Life expectancy fell during Obama's last two years. Thanks, Obamacare!

posted 6 years ago by krl97a (5619)
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2015 and 2016. It's the first such decline in decades. Headlines attribute it primarily to rising overdose deaths from drug abuse, but reading deeper reveals this:

""In the past, those increases have been more than completely offset by declines in cardiovascular mortality." What's happened in recent years, since about 2010 or so, is a substantial slowdown in the rate of decline for cardiovascular mortality.

“It seems to be leveling off to some extent, and as a result, the drug overdose deaths are more prominent in the overall picture of mortality.""

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-life-expectancy-falls-2016-2017-drug-deaths-average-lifespan-a8146471.html

Now what happened in 2010 that could have contributed to such a trend? Oh wait, I remember....

At the very least Obamacare failed to result in higher life expectancy. So much for leftists using the LE stat to push government healthcare.

[–] liscarkat (16543) 5 years ago

Obamacare ruined my health insurance. As a result, I don't go to the doctor as often, and I've even been reluctant to go to the ER when it was probably advisable. This is how that dickhead Nobel Prize winner has contributed to the fall in life expectancy.

[–] Qberto (1139) 5 years ago

A sad story yours is, and repeated far too many times, much compassion for a wrong you never deserved.