It’s this line of argument that gets used when health spending is compared between countries.

The US has no willingness to try move the bar and bring up the average.

I got mine!

Hm no I don't think so, my healthcare is ass and I'd love to be on the state-sponsored insurance that my wife has, for example. But if we're going to shoot for the stars, I think it's important to make truthful comparisons instead of starting from a bedrock mired in bad data, bullshit and jingoistic spite.