[ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?

[John Clark]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:



> *>>…GPT*
>> *: No, gang violence, drug overdoses, and suicides are not a convincing
>> explanation for America's enormous spending premium….*
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> *> It doesn’t explain the spending premium.  The spending premium is more
> a result of our enormously expensive medication qualification system, and
> that medical school is enormously expensive.  Of course the professionals
> need to make that back.  I can’t fault them for that. *
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*But why are we the only country that has that problem? Why is our medical
qualification system so enormously more expensive than every other rich
country on the planet when our cumbersome system does NOT produce better
doctors? In fact, judging from the results Doctors in Japan, Germany, the
UK and many other nations are BETTER than US doctors.  And if the law
allowed AI to diagnose patients and prescribed drugs they could do a better
job than even foreign doctors, and do it for less than 1% of the cost. *

*John K Clark*

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