I’m no expert, but I thought the responses to Marc Andreesson’s “Brits pay almost as much out of pocket for health care as Americans” did a good job of explaining it: 1) Out of pocket probably isn’t the best stat to look at. 2) The U.S. is just richer than the UK, especially if you look at the divergence of the past 15 years—meaning the denominator for the UK is smaller.
I’m no expert, but I thought the responses to Marc Andreesson’s “Brits pay almost as much out of pocket for health care as Americans” did a good job of explaining it: 1) Out of pocket probably isn’t the best stat to look at. 2) The U.S. is just richer than the UK, especially if you look at the divergence of the past 15 years—meaning the denominator for the UK is smaller.