Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by danans on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:07PM
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Using military spending as a percentage of GDP is a huge oversimplification, and ignores many other huge factors.
For one thing, those countries tend to have higher taxes, especially on higher incomes.
More importantly, they spend
Much less than the US per-capita on healthcare despite better overall outcomes [1], which is the real indictment of the US healthcare system, and the reason, as you point out, that the US has little excuse for it's healthcare conundrum.
For one thing, those countries tend to have higher taxes, especially on higher incomes.
More importantly, they spend Much less than the US per-capita on healthcare despite better overall outcomes [1], which is the real indictment of the US healthcare system, and the reason, as you point out, that the US has little excuse for it's healthcare conundrum.
1. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...