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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by davinic on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:04AM (#21683621)
US healthcare spending represents $3.4 trillion[0]. $6.3 billion is only 0.18% of the total costs.

Not to mention that malpractice claims paid has decreased substantially (55.7%) in the last 2 decades [1].

[0]: https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Sta...

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470361/

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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by davinic on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:33AM (#21683953)
And for a reference, we spent around $30 billion in the US in 2016 for healthcare marketing and advertising.

https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2019/01/08/medical-marketi...

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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by kube-system on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:50AM (#21684134)
Also from your source:

> Mean compensation amounts and the percentage of paid claims exceeding $1 million increased

I'm not saying it's a huge component of healthcare costs overall, I'm just saying malpractice not a good profit motive.

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