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It's not about showing correlation. It's about showing that we're not getting what we're paying for.



This graph basically proves that the bottom end of American society has fall off and says nothing about the quality of care that the majority are getting.

As others have pointed out, life expectancy is only a single facet of the health of a nation and with many sociological factors such as the fact that americans eat too much which leads to heart disease which is not-incidentally the most common cause of death in the USA.

Assuming you have coverage, what you're paying for is word-class care with minimal waiting times.


It fails to definitively show that we're not getting what we're paying for because a graph such as this only shows correlation.


You are correct. But, If Americans are paying (av. 7k) per year on health and have a lower life expectancy that other industrialized nations, the data alone suggest Something is going very wrong. Strange that it has some of the highest paid doctors and most profitable health care companies also. Surely there must be an explanation study somewhere? http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/how-much-do-doc... http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=103622972.h...




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