Bloomberg Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Powell said the thing that drives fiscal unsustainability is the cost of health-care delivery. He said the U.S. spends about 17% on health care versus about 10% for other developed countries, while getting “pretty average” outcomes for it. That’s a trillion dollars or so per year the U.S. is spending for medical needs that it could be spending on other items, he said.
Data from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development shows Powell’s assessment is right — the U.S. spends far more on health than its developed nation rivals. Also see: Live blog and video of Powell testimony before Senate panel Steve Goldstein Steve Goldstein is MarketWatch's Washington bureau chief. Follow him on Twitter @MKTWgoldstein. We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment var SA=SA || []; SA.push; var smscript=document.createElement; smscript.
The very definition of 'healthcare' varies between countries. As a Frenchman I can tell you you're comparing apple to oranges with this chart as far as France is concerned.
30 bars on the chart matching up to 15 countries, pretty nifty analysis
This is a problem that can be solved with larger charts