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Hell yeah, America #1!!! Suck on that, you damned communists countries with your tax payer funded health care! It's my right as an American to die needlessly from preventable diseases!
I'm not sure what this article is saying and I'm not sure even the article knows what it's saying. Here is from the published study:
The largest healthspan-lifespan gaps were observed in the US (12.4 years), Australia (12.1 years), New Zealand (11.8 years), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (11.3 years), and Norway (11.2 years) (eTable 2 in Supplement 1). The smallest healthspan-lifespan gaps were observed in Lesotho (6.5 years), Central African Republic (6.7 years), Somalia (6.8 years), Kirbati (6.8 years), and Micronesia (7.0 years) (eTable 2 in Supplement 1)
What I think I can take away from reading the study is that people in richer countries live longer especially when sick; and, among rich nations, a major factor in the slightly higher unhealthy years in the US is the length of time people spend addicted to drugs.
Don't worry, if RFK Jr has his way in the next administration, we won't be "living" with the diseases anymore, they will just be killing us off instead.
Efficient.
We pay twice as much per capita to provide coverage to less than 100% of the population for worse outcomes and are currently killing women for having complications during pregnancy.
Clearly a world leader in doing everything wrong.
Where is the money going to?
Profits, executive pay, and massive amounts of redundant overhead that exists to squeeze out more profit. Hell, they spend a ton of money on denying claims.
All the negotiations between each medical provider and each insurer costs money.
Not going to healthcare.