So a better metric is % of GDP spent on healthcare, and the relative outcomes. The US spends a much greater proportion of GDP[1] on healthcare compared to many

So a better metric is % of GDP spent on healthcare, and the relative outcomes. The US spends a much greater proportion of GDP[1] on healthcare compared to many other industrialised nations, and the outcomes are broadly the same as those who spend far less. [1] http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS?order=wbapi_data_value_2012+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS?order=wba...