[lkois]

Funny that you'd call out the subjectivity of some measures, then bring immediately introduce another, breast cancer survival, that has also been called misleading, and only an indicator of higher screening. https://theconversation.com/when-talking-about-cancer-screen.... The US gov even explains why 5 year survival rates are "illusory" https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/screening/research/what-... Life expectancy, and perhaps maternal deaths, seems less subject to reporting variations.

As for other countries having less income after health care, is that actually a comparison of health costs, or simply average incomes? Because dollar value incomes don't translate at all between countries, as an indicator of wealth and living standards.

The big hole in all that is that costs without insurance can quickly exceed affordability, especially for the unemployed/poorer folk more likely to be without insurance. Which, as well as being unacceptable to much of the world, probably also removes a lot of terribly sick people from any measurement at all.