[buzzerbetrayed]

Why is how many times you can fly between two places relevant to how much medical bills cost? All you did was choose a metric that makes your argument appear more reasonable, even though they are entirely unrelated.

You also seem to be arguing that Europe healthcare is cheaper and therefore better, even though it obviously is not that simple (I'm sure you know it isn't that simple. That's just how your reply comes across). For example, if I get cancer I would much rather be in the United States, despite the problems with their health care system, simply because I have a higher chance of living.

[zepolen]

Except the US has a much higher cancer mortality rate than almost all of Europe: https://www.wcrf.org/dietandcancer/cancer-trends/data-cancer...

[dtwest]

That doesn't prove anything about hospital quality.

From your source: "Around 40% of cancer cases could be prevented by reducing exposure to cancer risk factors including diet, nutrition and physical activity".

Americans live a lifestyle (fast food, less walking) that leads to a much higher risk of cancer than Europeans, the difference in mortality rate is mostly explained by this.

Another way of thinking about this, looking at your data, do you really think Australia has the worst hospitals in the world because they have the highest cancer rate?