[ExI] My prediction

[spike at rainier66.com]

>… On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] My prediction

 

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

> I admit that I find it strange the Democrats were protesting on health care. It has been pointed out that these were pitched as temporary subsidies,

 

>…Democrats were protesting the fact that per capita the USA spends far FAR FAR more on healthcare than any other country in the world, BUT they are nowhere near the healthiest

 

…


Country

Life Expectancy (2025/26 Est.)

Health Spending per Capita (Nominal)

Efficiency Note


United States

~79.6 Years

~$14,885

The Baseline


Albania

~80.0 Years

~$414

Absolute lowest spender that beats the U.S.


Costa Rica

~81.2 Years

~$979

Most famous "efficiency leader" (OECD member).


Panama

~80.0 Years

~$1,472

High efficiency in Central America.


Chile

~81.5 Years

~$1,547

Highest life expectancy in South America.

John K Clark

 

 

So why would we subsidize a failed system?  Removing all subsidies would re-establish cost controls in medicine.  Sounds like everyone is in agreement.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20260109/0afd9142/attachment.htm>