There was no runaway growth in cost when government first started getting involved in those industries in a big way. The cost disease began in all developing economies after large scale government intervention began.
>In the graphs you can see that countries with more state involvements are actually doing better. So the bad performance in the USA could be pinned to an avoidance of letting the state do things.
That's overly simplistic. Government in the US spends more than most developed countries on healthcare per capita so it is not at all clear that it is less quantatively less involved, the until recent lack of universal coverage notwithstanding.
Also, the fact that patients consume far more technologically advanced services, like medical imaging, and experimental and cutting age treatments in the US than in Europe and has to be factored into any analysis on cost-benefit.
>In the graphs you can see that countries with more state involvements are actually doing better. So the bad performance in the USA could be pinned to an avoidance of letting the state do things.
That's overly simplistic. Government in the US spends more than most developed countries on healthcare per capita so it is not at all clear that it is less quantatively less involved, the until recent lack of universal coverage notwithstanding.
Also, the fact that patients consume far more technologically advanced services, like medical imaging, and experimental and cutting age treatments in the US than in Europe and has to be factored into any analysis on cost-benefit.