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Americans spend more on health care but die earlier
By Tami Luhby, CNN
Updated 12:05 AM ET, Thu January 30, 2020
(CNN)Americans shell out far more on health care than other wealthy countries, but it's not helping them live longer lives.
In the US, health care spending accounted for 16.9% of the economy in 2018, nearly twice as much the average developed nation, according to a new study released Thursday by The Commonwealth Fund.
Americans spend more than $10,000 per person on health care, more than double the amount shelled out by Australians, Canadians and residents of the United Kingdom.
Private health care spending, including premiums for employer-sponsored coverage, drives much of the outlay in the US -- with Americans shelling out more than five times more than Canadians, the second-highest spender.
But those dollars don't translate into better health outcomes in the US, the study found.
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Americans spend more on health care but die earlier (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jan 2020
OP
Most of us die of chronic illnesses caused by lifestyle, toxic environment, or chronic infections.
lagomorph777
Jan 2020
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Skittles
(153,226 posts)1. because they are STRESSED OUT about stuff like health care
appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)2. 'It's the American Way'! /S
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)3. USA! USA!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. Most of us die of chronic illnesses caused by lifestyle, toxic environment, or chronic infections.
and Western medicine has no clue at all what to do about it.
We will only get results by looking at root causes.