Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage

Re:Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare ... by ljf on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:06PM (#42360451)

All for the highest cost per person, in the world

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Re:Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare ... by ethbr1 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:08PM (#42361903)

To be fair, there's an extremely strong correlation between GDP and absolute health care spending, regardless of underlying funding money.

And the US is near the top of the GDP rankings.

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Re:Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare ... by helsinkiandrew on Monday December 09, 2024 @06:32AM (#42365191)

GDP and health spending is correlated and forms a nice line (see diagram below), but US spending is nowhere near that line.

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