@sj I didn't get into it because tldr; and their data is chronically out of date -article is nearly 10yo and some of it dubiously sourced. Their analysis often does not follow. My hunch is that higher US healthcare costs are largely down to Big Pharma and Health Insurance rorting the living fuck out of US but that life expectancy has more to do with lifestyle/diet than that. Also there is no guarantee that NHS outcomes would improve with the same per capita spend as USA. NHS outcomes are... /1