American Health Care
The article claims that U.S. extra health-care spending equals about 7% of GDP or about $1.5 trillion per year. The article claims that matching the age-adjusted death rate of comparable countries would mean 488,000 fewer U.S. deaths each…
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The article claims that U.S. extra health-care spending equals about 7% of GDP or about $1.5 trillion per year. The article claims that matching the age-adjusted death rate of comparable countries would mean 488,000 fewer U.S. deaths each year. The article states that the United States spends substantially more on health care than peer wealthy countries while having worse outcomes. The article claims that American healthy life expectancy ranking fell from 38th in 2000 to 68th. The article frames pharmaceutical behavior as part of a wider U.S. health-care failure rather than isolated misconduct.