Life Expectancy Vs.. Health expenditure per country

[Maraya1969]

This was posted as a reply to Katie Porter's explanation of how the insurance companies are screwing us

Reminder: while we have the most expensive healthcare system, our system doesn't even provide the best healthcare. We aren't even close to the top.

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[orwell]

1. Thanks for the chart...

...it is very illuminating.

[multigraincracker]

2. But, we have the

best paid Insurance CEOs.

[Midnight Writer]

3. What galls me is that even though I spend more than 10k for health insurance, I still have to fight

the damned insurance companies to get them to pay their share.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Prevention!

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Those other countries don't have a toxic food supply like the US does. They also have national health care systems so people get preventative treatment before issues become more severe.

[Laurelin]

6. Also lifestyle

In the Netherlands people often bike to work, go for a walk at lunch, bike home and then go to the gym to work out. I'm not sure why they don't win every Olympic sport.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. True

Biking is huge in a lot of US cities too, but nowhere near like the Netherlands.

Americans do get a decent amount of exercise though, certainly there are more gyms and people running and biking today than there were in the 70s. The food supply changed in the late 70s and early 80s is what I think. I mean, few people watched what they ate in the 70s, people weren't health conscious, especially men. But obesity wasn't even close to as big of a problem as it is today. Today 42.4% of Americans are obese and 73% are overweight or obese. It's a crisis.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Cuba used to be higher also.

[Igirl]

7. US. Fries food....

[Piasladic]

9. uh, it's not just the food

Try to get a GP if you're under 50 to listen to you or even make an appointment. It takes months, and my case the GP is an ass.

When I lived in Europe and even in Africa, it was quick, easy, and cheap. I hate the US system.

[ck4829]

11. That wouldn't explain the cost though...

[ck4829]

10. K&R