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The US spends dramatically more than every other OECD country. It's not even slightly comparable. They are the clear outlier on Earth. https://data.oecd.org/h
by Grimburger 4y ago
The US spends dramatically more than every other OECD country.
It's not even slightly comparable. They are the clear outlier on Earth.
https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
- pessimizer 4y agoWhich creates the bizarre artifact that the US government spends around the same or more on healthcare than the governments of countries with socialized healthcare systems.
- fgeiger 4y agoI think you read the chart wrong. At least you write "around the same or more" when it is much more. The amount the source lists for "government/compulsory" spending is $9054. That is a quarter more than the _total_ of the next biggest spender (Switzerland at $7138).