US health expenditure per capita

As UK pint prices have risen, US health expenditure per capita has grown, a transatlantic correlation of 0.979 that connects the cost of British beer to the cost of American healthcare with the inflationary confidence of two developed nations making everything more expensive at the same rate. The pint is poured in London, the bill is itemized in Louisville, and both are larger than they were last year because that is what prices do.

UK pints grew from about £3.00 to over £4.60. US health spending grew from about $8,000 to over $13,000 per capita between 2010 and 2022. Both are inflation-era curves in different sectors of developed economies. The shared variable is global inflation affecting consumer costs across all categories in all wealthy nations.

Eleven years of pint prices and health spending is inflation measured from two capitals: one in a pub, the other in a hospital, both rising because the cost of everything rises in developed economies. The pint is prescribed. The healthcare is overpriced. Both patients pay more.