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something to maybe remind people who are making that statement: The US spends more as a percentage of GDP on healthcare and has the lowest life expectancy of a
by shlant 5y ago
something to maybe remind people who are making that statement:
The US spends more as a percentage of GDP on healthcare and has the lowest life expectancy of all developed countries[1]. They are already spending their hard earned money on other peoples treatments, they are just getting less bang for their buck.
1. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
- refurb 5y agoLife expectancy is a terrible measure for health outcomes. Too many confounding factors. Americans drive more than other countries, more road deaths. That drags down life expectancy and has nothing to do with healthcare. Infant mortality is counted differently. The US system will try and save a kid that other system don’t - that’s a death where other systems don’t count it as a life.
- oliwarner 5y agoUS road safety is awful, but the numbers of deaths (15 per 100k drivers) is small in absolute terms, 1%. Other accidents count for another 4%. But physical and mental healthcare plays a major part in the other 95% of deaths.
- shlant 5y agohow much of an impact do you think road fatalities and slightly different infant mortality counts has on an entire countries life expectancy? I would wager it does not come close to accounting for the massive discrepancy between the US and every other developed country.