Life Expectancy at 65

It’s well known that the United States does terribly on life expectancy compared to other developed countries. But perhaps a lot of that is due to factors related to violence, car accidents, and infant mortality that are distinct from the mainstream of the health care system.

So Aaron Carroll looks instead at life expectancy at 65:

And:

Strong evidence of systematic underperformance in the American system. And yet since we’re talking about Medicare-eligible people here that also suggests that the issue can’t be solved by messing with who has insurance or how insurance-provision is organized. You need to actually delve down into the delivery of health care services.