top | item 27808374 (no title) din-9 | 4 years ago It would be fairer to compare by wealth, where the USA is at 30.2%https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wea... discuss order hn newest jpadkins|4 years ago if you use wealth, we are a back at why americans spend more on per captia than any other countries: because they can (because they are wealthier).Healthcare, especially in older population, starts to behave like a luxury good at upper ends of cost / care. dwaltrip|4 years ago US healthcare costs are similar to other developed countries once normalized by per capita GDP?I thought they were still higher.
jpadkins|4 years ago if you use wealth, we are a back at why americans spend more on per captia than any other countries: because they can (because they are wealthier).Healthcare, especially in older population, starts to behave like a luxury good at upper ends of cost / care. dwaltrip|4 years ago US healthcare costs are similar to other developed countries once normalized by per capita GDP?I thought they were still higher.
dwaltrip|4 years ago US healthcare costs are similar to other developed countries once normalized by per capita GDP?I thought they were still higher.
jpadkins|4 years ago
Healthcare, especially in older population, starts to behave like a luxury good at upper ends of cost / care.
dwaltrip|4 years ago
I thought they were still higher.