Current Events > Chad has the lowest life expectancy of any nation. US not in top 50.

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69th position

Nice

The US has all the money and some of the brighest minds in the world, why can't they get healthcare right?

How is Australia so high with all those crazy critters down there.

Because everyone lives in the cities by the water and roads.

Not the outback wasteland

But I agree, wasn't expecting it to be so high

Don't they still have the spiders that can kill you that hide in your shoes. Or was my friend teasing me about shaking my shoes and stuff before putting them on.

If you consider the diet and lifestyle of the average American, it's easy to see why healthcare isn't enough. You can only do so much for people who don't help themselves.

If you consider the diet and lifestyle of the average American, it's easy to see why healthcare isn't enough. You can only do so much for people who don't help themselves.

the UK has a life expectancy of 80.7 years which puts it in 34th place while the US comes in far lower at 69th position

Don't they still have the spiders that can kill you that hide in your shoes. Or was my friend teasing me about shaking my shoes and stuff before putting them on.

I'm surprised Australia being so high as I thought we had similar levels of obesity and the like. Maybe it's due to our healthcare being more easily accessible? Oh yeah could be gun crime bringing the average down for the US too.

Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979.

I'm surprised Australia being so high as I thought we had similar levels of obesity and the like. Maybe it's due to our healthcare being more easily accessible?

I mean I'm not trying to talk shit but a lot of that is because in a lot of China there isn't a lot of choice

Veggies, Fish, Birds and rice.

China is more than Bejing and Hong Kong

They have all sorts of fucked up wildlife... In the middle of the outback

There aren't killer spiders and scorpions walking the streets in Brisbane

Ok?

You guys are so desperate you're literally claiming the streets of Brisbane are full of scorpions and lethal spiders and other outback wild animals just to pretend a basic undeniable fact I said was wrong.

If I said it was raining you'd stand in the downpour getting drunched and stuggle to scream that it's dry as water pours into your mouth so aggressively we can't hear you.

Giving out that limitless chad dick comes at a steep cost.

You guys are so desperate you're literally claiming the streets of Brisbane are full of scorpions and lethal spiders and other outback wild animals just to pretend a basic undeniable fact I said was wrong.

If I said it was raining you'd stand in the downpour getting drunched and stuggle to scream that it's dry as water pours into your mouth so aggressively we can't hear you.

You guys are so desperate you're literally claiming the streets of Brisbane are full of scorpions and lethal spiders and other outback wild animals just to pretend a basic undeniable fact I said was wrong.

If I said it was raining you'd stand in the downpour getting drunched and stuggle to scream that it's dry as water pours into your mouth so aggressively we can't hear you.

The streets and suburbs of Brisbane are filled with spiders...but they're hiding and don't want you to know that...

I remember for me as a kid it was the Redback Spiders that were taken very seriously. Generally could always find them hiding away in the yard somewhere It was hammered in quite a lot as a kid to take them seriously so was always cautious enough to never get bit.

Even now if I see a chair in the backyard I still often have a quick glance to make sure there is no Redbacks.

My parents house had these massive plant tree things in their front yard and we had a two storey house so we often had prime views of these absolutely massive and colorful spiders just chilling out in their massive webs strung up between those giant plants. They were cool. Never had any interest going into the house or anything as they had their spot. Probably did a good job stopping flies buzzing around the balcony.

Weirdly enough I'm not sure if I've ever noticed a Hunstman.

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The streets and suburbs of Brisbane are filled with spiders...but they're hiding and don't want you to know that...

Yeah, even with insurance healthcare in general is a giant pain in the ass in the united states. *Sorta' lengthy rant incoming. I been bottling this one in, lol*

I have a insurance plan that includes both medicare and medicaid, so I'm usually covered for things like hospital visits, prescription refills, things like that.

Thing is, when it comes to actually finding a primary care doctor or another specialist, you are pretty much on your own (You can call your insurance to give you a list of providers, but its basically the same list you can already see if you go under your insurance provider list. Thing is, this list is most often that not outdated....providers could be retired, died, or moved ages ago. You just have to call everyone one by one).

I deal with sickle cell anemia related issues, real bad pain crises when they pop up (which can be frequent depending on what type of sickle cell you have. I have the double wammy fuck you variant). Basically, I usually take strong pain medicine alongside something like hydroxyurea to attempt to prevent the pain attacks. There is a ongoing opioid epidemic going on in the united states, so basically those of us who has been taking opioid medication for legitamate issues for years is currently caught in the crossfire with the DEA's war on dudes currently dying via fentanyl on the streets.

My long time doctor of over like 14 years office went bankrupt. (Her practice went through some stuff during covid. She was the only doctor at her pratice, so her and all of the nurses caught covid twice and had to shut down for some months. Not only that her husband died. She just gave up). When said office went bankrupt, we patients weren't notified at all/no one got transferred so we were own our own finding a new primary care doctor. This is where the bullshit comes in. You call these offices, tell them your issues, sometimes you have to waste your time making an appointment with them (while most will actually charge for some BS examination or lab fee to get that insurance money) only for them to go "whoa boy, yeah, we see your issues and the medicines you take to deal with it........yeah we don't write those kind of scripts here". DEA has practically every single doctor shook, and its effecting the wrong people. Mind you medical records is easily accesible...pharmacies and whatever hospital you visit can easily see your records at any notice so it isn't like I'm hiding anything.

Pain management clinics and how they make you feel like a criminal soon you walk into the door is a whole nother' can of worms. I did this for about a year and some months before the great doctor I was seeing there retired (my luck right) and was replaced with a nurse practitioner that never had a single conversation with me about my issues.

You know what, there is a sickle cell clinic in my state. Has everything I would need all in one place, a primary care doctor that actually specializes in the condition I have, a hematologist in the next room, got their own pain management set up, a pharmacy down stairs, just everything in one convenient place right. I call....."Hey, I would like to make an appointment at this place" Them: "Hi, ok sure. Do you have sickle cell?" (I'm thinking the fuck kind of dumb question was that this is a sickle cell clinic, of course I'm not going to actually say this but I am thinking it) Me: "Yeh". Them: "Ok, now I we need is for your labs and office notes from your current primary care physician to be sent over". Me: "Well I can see all my medical records and what not on this on mychart, is there anyway I can just send you guys this?" Them: "Well despite us also using mychart, you never actually been to our hospital before so we can't see them even if you were to give us a code to do so". Me: "Alright then, I'll call my primary office now to get this going"

Now I called my current primary care office yesterday at around 9:00am eastern....I like to call nice and early so whatever needs doing can get done before everything closes at around 4:30pm. Me: "Hey, so I need my latest labs and office notes, all that stuff to be sent to this here sickle cell clinic. I really need to get in ASAP because I feel like my arms are about to fall off and need help" (didn't say the last part of course, but damn am I sore right now). .........no reply. *I call back one more time later in the day and left a message for my doc on mychart talking about what I need doing, no reply.*

Today arrives, and i get a message from my doctor on mychart...."oh sorry, we did not see the message yesterday because our systems have like a 6 hour delay and I rely on my nurses to pass the message and they never got around to doing it blahblahblah. By the time we called, they said the doctor left the office yesterday* Me:........"so can you do it like, today please?" *Gets a call at around 5:00pm* Them: "Yeah so, the doctor you are trying to get in touch with had a medical emergency, so we have to try again tomorrow*
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All the while I am balled up in the corner feeling like death and haven't had my regular medicine refills to control this pain since around the 7th of this month. I have all the icy hot, heating pad, water, and gatorade (real good to re-hydrate with if I am drinking too much water) in the world, but when it comes to stopping the pain all you can really do is wait it out without stronger medicine. Finally, you don't want to make frequent trips to the emergency room.....sickle cell patients can and will get crazy stereotyped for being drug seekers since in the united states its still not that super well known of a condition. I have had it happen recently, one of my best friends who also happened to have sickle cell and passed away back in 2019 had it happen to him way, way more than me, and its just a garbage situation all around.

Long story short, yeah, I can see why life expectancy in the united states is low. Violent crime aside, I can emphasize with people who had a condition just as bad if not worse than mine yet cannot get help despite having great insurance and medical records for anyone to see on a whim.

Apparently so

also killing in secret since no one has been killed by a spider in Australia since the 70s