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A Look at the U.S. Healthcare System’s Failure to Increase Life Expectancy

California Health Advocates > Health Care Reform > A Look at the U.S. Healthcare System’s Failure to Increase Life Expectancy

Posted by Karen Joy Fletcher on April 2, 2014

The infographic below effectively highlights some of the failures of our own health care system. While the U.S. has some of the highest health care costs, it is not even ranked in the top 50 countries for life expectancy. This begs the important question of: “If all this money being spent is not being used to increase quality of life or life expectancy, then where is it going?”  The infographic, contributed by Best Nursing Masters, concludes with identifying some of the common traits found in the residents of countries with the highest life expectancy, and encourages people to turn away from looking for a “cure” for symptoms, and instead to focus on developing healthy lifestyles.

Healthcare Spending
Source: BestNursingMasters.com

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About Karen Joy Fletcher

Our blogger Karen Joy Fletcher is CHA's Communications Director. With a Masters in Public Health from UC Berkeley, she is the online "public face" of the organization, provides technical expertise, writing and research on Medicare and other health care issues. She is responsible for digital content creation, management of CHA’s editorial calendar, and managing all aspects of CHA’s social media presence. She loves being a "communicator" and enjoys networking and collaborating with the passionate people and agencies in the health advocacy field. See her current articles.

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