Here's a scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) and life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries. The lines represent averages.
One country sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher health spending and below-average life expectancy.
It clearly shows how much the USA is an outlier relative to the other (western) european countries.
The causes are well known, but bringing this in line seems to be very hard for USA politicians.
Or are they listening more to lobbyists and companies than civilians.
Conrad Hackett 
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