Life Expectancy vs. Healthcare Costs in the U.S.

Jeffrey Goodman
11 min readFeb 24, 2022

There are hundreds of metrics we could use to gauge how well the U.S. healthcare system performs. Let’s focus today on two of the biggest-picture measuring sticks — life expectancy and total amount paid per person for healthcare.

OurWorldInData — life expectancy vs. health expenditure

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Jeffrey Goodman

Navigating facts and numbers to help people. Strong opinions on climate change and healthcare. Objective, not neutral. MIT engineer, Wharton MBA.