In the news
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Major newsrooms have been documenting the same problem for years.
The problem
America runs the most expensive healthcare system on earth and gets some of the worst results in the developed world. Here is what the public record shows.
United States vs. comparable high-income countries
Comparable countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K.
Sources: CMS · Peterson-KFF. Life-expectancy axis begins at 74 years.
Health administration spending per person, per year · each block = $100
The blind spot
Every visit, test and prescription creates a record of what was done, what it cost, and who paid for it. Those records sit scattered across more than a thousand insurers, each in its own format.
Imagine trying to track federal tax revenue with a thousand incompatible accounting systems. We would call it impossible. In healthcare, we call it normal.
Share of the population whose claims data can be systematically analyzed
Source: CMS, coverage and claims-data availability
What it costs us
Estimated annual waste in U.S. healthcare, against total national spending
Sources: JAMA, 2019 · CMS
Bring that waste into the light and the payoff is personal: clearer data could put up to $5,000 a year back in each American's pocket.
The case for clear data
In the news
Major newsrooms have been documenting the same problem for years.
This is how we build a healthcare system that finally works for the people who depend on it. If that is a future you would like to help build, we would love to keep you close.
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Sources
Drawn from public data and peer-reviewed research, presented for informational purposes so anyone can check the work.
