> For healthcare, it's much harder to fundamentally lower the cost. I strongly disagree. Compared to the rest of the OECD we have much higher costs (3x OECD av

> For healthcare, it's much harder to fundamentally lower the cost. I strongly disagree. Compared to the rest of the OECD we have much higher costs (3x OECD average!) and worse health outcomes (life expectancy 4 yrs < OECD average). https://www.oecd.org/unitedstates/health-at-a-glance-United-States-EN.pdf https://www.oecd.org/unitedstates/health-at-a-glance-United-... If they can do it, obviously we could do. There's just no political or social will. Everyone complains but no one is willing to make the radical changes (i.e., Medicare for all), or lifestyle and environmental* changes (i.e., to combat obesity, which costs us $150-200 billion/year in health care costs). https://stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4356/files/2022-06/fast-facts-costs-of-obesity.pdf https://stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4356/f... * (availability/affordability of healthy food)