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Comment by graemep

> The US spends ~$14,570 per person on healthcare. Japan spends ~$5,790 and has the highest life expectancy in the OECD. That gap is roughly $3 trillion per year.

The difference in life expectancy will be influenced by multiple factors and may have more to do with diet and lifestyle than with healthcare.

Japan also spends less per capita than the UK, France or Germany. The US spends a lot more than any of those so the US system is bad value for money.

parent graemep 7 months ago

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