[addicted]

The U.S. also has a lower life expectancy than these countries.

So it’s probably shaving off a few years of the most medically expensive parts of a person’s life.

[magicalhippo]

Fair point. So I guess it's highly non-trivial to do a direct comparison without going into the details.

[skeeter2020]

Not if those lives are ending due to extreme medical conditions. From a costing perspective there's not a big difference if you spend the last 5 years of your life in critical care at age 72 vs. 85