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Health Costs: How the U.S. Compares With Other Countries | PBS NewsHour

US health care costs are high relative to other OECD countries but average US life expectancy (78.7 years) in 2010 is below the OECD average of 79.8 years. These two OECD charts sum up the problem:

OECD health spending by country

Cost of medical procedures

Germany (DEU) is lowest for most procedures — in many cases less than half — and the quality of the treatment is excellent.

via Health Costs: How the U.S. Compares With Other Countries | PBS NewsHour.

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