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My favorite example: the American government spends more on health care than any other OECD government, for much less coverage.

https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm

>>graeme+(OP)
It's probably not a great example, because we spend more for health care across the board, not just publicly. Doctors and nurses here make more money, and we deliver more procedures (especially outpatient procedures) than the rest of the OECD.

>>tptace+9U
It’s a fair point. But are the procedures improvements over standards of care abroad? If not, my assumption was that it fit in the same category as the transit spending detailed above: more money thrown into the system, but worse outcomes. The reasons for the extra money required are complex in both cases.