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From 2011, but the message is unchanged: the US spends more than 2x per capita, but receives average results: https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/
by ghouse 7y ago
From 2011, but the message is unchanged: the US spends more than 2x per capita, but receives average results: https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/04/26/cost-of-health-care-by-country-national-geographic/ https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/04/26/cost...
- coryrc 7y agoBecause we spend too much on unhealthy elderly people. Guess who will vote against fixing that?
- coryrc 7y agohttps://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/health-care/elderly-medical-spending-medicare/ https://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/health-ca... https://www.politifact.com/article/2013/jan/28/federal-spending-old-young-numbers/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2013/jan/28/federal-spend... The spending is almost entirely on the elderly. Cuts that matter mean less for them. They've already got Medicare so there's no "wasteful" insurance company to save on eliminating.