"America spends more on health care than other rich nations, buthas lower life expectancy." If I had a nickel for every time I havebeen informed this by an email, seen it in a headline, heard it inconversation, or watched it scroll across my social media feed, Iwould be able to personally fund a single-payer health-caresystem.
As with many political memes, its usefulness to policy wonks isinversely proportional to the weight that its casual proponentsplace on it. As stated, this meme is true enough: America does havehigher health-care costs than anywhere else, and we do indeed haveshorter life expectancies than some nations.
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