Conrad Hackett Nov 25, 2022

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.

Source: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016b9-en/1/3/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/ae3016b9-en&_csp_=ca413da5d44587bc56446341952c275e&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book

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Show threadoaksterNov 25, 2022
@conradhackett a bit of American exceptionalism
Show threadRockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)Nov 25, 2022
@oakster @conradhackett How much of the USA’s position is attributable to gun violence?
Show threadoaksterNov 25, 2022
@conradhackett @RockerDoc surely almost nothing. It doesn’t change the expense side of the equation, just life expectancy. And I’d still say that’s small. Very small. The numbers to find that out should be easily available
Show threadKathy E. Gill 🇺🇦Nov 26, 2022

@oakster @conradhackett @RockerDoc

Rocker > American Hospital Association estimated gun violence cost hospitals $1,000,000,000 annually for 2016-2017. Add 20% for doc fees.

In 2020, total health care costs were $4,000,000,000,000.

Gun violence is an insignificant contribution to total costs.

WHY CAN’T I PASTE ANYTHING in iOS app?????

Show threadMatt
@kegill I switched to MetaText due to iOS pasting problems in the default client. Fwiw.
Nov 26, 2022 at 5:30amWeb