Over at FiveThirtyEight.com Andrew Gelman posts this chart chart plotting per-capital healthcare expenditure against standard of living.

It seems to show, without a doubt, that those awesome Western Europeans and East Asians get way more bang for their buck than we do.

Except... it doesn't tell us anything about how well the European system would work if the people there lived the unhealthy lifestyle of so many Americans. And it doesn't say anything about how the outcomes of individuals with specific ailments (like cancer). And it doesn't take into account the greater diversity of our population.

But other than that, it's pretty damning.