[iansinke]

Maybe I'm reading the graphs wrong, but they seem somewhat misleading to me: shouldn't the average (top of the blue bar, bottom of slightly greener blue bar) be what you're comparing to the others? The other columns are all strictly averages too, even though the prices are centrally set for many of the other countries.

The US does come out more expensive, but not as much as the graphs might lead you to believe. It's like saying: In Australia the average student scored 43 points on a standardized test, but in the US, students in the 95th percentile got 150 points! Yeah, not so convincing.

n.b. I say this all as a Canadian.

[Toadsoup]

I agree that it is misleading.

The charts show the average cost for each country, then for US it emphasizes the outrageous edge cases.

A more fair representation would show all 3 segments for all countries. With the data presented, if we look at just the average costs the change is still significant but not as dramatic and shocking.

Healthcare costs are a real issue and is totally jacked up in the US, but representations like this take away credibility from the argument they are trying to support.