Complex chart showing life expectancy against per-capita health care spending for Italy, Japan, France, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland), and the United States. The US is a clear, striking outlier.

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   (gobsmacked) (nwchapman@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 16:24:57 JST (gobsmacked)

   I knew that healthcare spending and results in the US were worse than in various European countries...

   But I had no idea they were this bad.

   The US spends more than 3 times as much as Italy on healthcare, but still has an average life expectancy that is four years lower.

   If you allow for "statistical" deaths, it becomes clear that the health insurance and for-profit healthcare industries in the United States are killing tens of thousands a year and the only consequence they face is... increased profits.

   With #UnitedHealthcare one of the major beneficiaries of this profiting off death