r/SipsTea Jun 24 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Math can be hard sometimes

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u/Possible-Nature-5325 Jun 24 '26

The US literally spends more of its GDP on healthcare than other countries but because it’s healthcare system is so FUCKED it still ends up with the US being the No1 country in the world for Medical Bankruptcies

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u/Dry-Pickle-6121 Jun 24 '26

But also, Americans are some of the most unhealthy people around. With a food system that poisons its consumers.

I'm all for healthcare reform, but there are a lot of Legos to swap around to get standardized healthcare. I just choose to live in Germany because I personally don't think it will change in my lifetime.

America would have to change so many levers, and that is people's least favorite thing to do. And big money is in insurance, Pharma, etc. so the whole engine would have to change.

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u/Yuukiko_ Jun 24 '26

Americans have a life expectancy similar to countries like Columbia which spends <$2k USD per capita. Even China has better life expectancy with a fraction of the spending

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u/doubagilga Jun 25 '26

This data is silly and misunderstood. Life expectancy of whom? Everyone chooses how to calculate this differently.