[lcamach84]

You have the example of the United States which has economic growth but has recently seen its average life expectancy fall. Many other countries have less GPD per capita but higher average life expectancy. What do you think of this?

[refurb]

Life expectancy is a crappy measure of healthcare, too many confounding factors.

And let’s ignore the US. For other countries with high life expectancy, how do you think they pay for it? By economic growth. Norway drills and sells a ton of oil.

Don’t kid yourself. People clicking on ads and buying new iPhones is the type of economic activities that pays for things like healthcare, welfare for the poor, etc.