A reminder about US health versus healthcare expenses, compared to other wealthy nations.

Especially Spain, where a low income is associated with a very high quality of life. Or China?

How does U.S. life expectancy compare to other countries?

Did other nations tend to fake their COVID shot uptakes? Western Europe claims an 80% vaccinated ratio, and even higher rates of booster uptake than the US (which is at 34%), yet it has not seen the drastic drops in life expectancy that we have in the US.

Let’s look at Spain, which has much lower income than the US but beats it on virtually every other metric, especially sunlight, food quality and time spent outdoors:

According to Google (don’t beat me up on this, one of my kids works on Google’s AI):

In 2023, the United States had a GDP per capita of $74,577.51, while Spain’s was $28,569.84, indicating a significantly higher per capita income in the US.

Spaniards lived, on average, more than 6 years longer than Americans but spent less than 1/4 (only 22%) of what we spend on “healthcare.”

And FWIW, according to the WHO, China’s life expectancy is now equivalent to the US’.

There should be some serious low-hanging fruit for MAHA to pick.