U.S. spends $8,000/year/person on health care; Israel spends $2,000/year/person and people live longer there. https://ourworldindata.org/the-link-between-life-expectancy-and-health-spending-us-focus …
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expenditures quite well explained by differences in disposable income per capita (or comprehensive consumption)https://randomcriticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/disposable-income-also-explains-us-health-expenditures-quite-well/ …
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effectively no relationship between expenditures and life expectancy etc amongst developed countries.
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On the apparent disconnect between US NHE and life expectancyhttps://randomcriticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/us-life-expectancy-is-below-naive-expectations-mostly-because-it-economically-outperforms/ …
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If I'm reading it correctly, the disparity breaks down to: richer>more expense>diminishing returns>appearance of inefficiency.
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Plus US has regulatory capture by health insurance oligopoly that viciously exploits its citizens....
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