[tomjen3]

But so is food, and while I probably won't die in the next 6 months from lack of medical attention, if the groceries shut down I would.

Yet the US medical system is a giant clusterfuck of burned money, and the US food system can provide food at some of the lowest prices in the developed world. US chicken is half what I have to pay in Europe.

[apexalpha]

That is a choice regarding animal welfare and food standards, though. Not because the EU doesn't know how to produce chickens efficiently.