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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@conradhackett

The same life expectancy in Czech Republic (with its unhealthy fat/pork/dumplings/beer/and more beer...diet) and USA.

But USA have to spend about 2,5x more 😱💸