Err…no. i think you’re beating up on your Straw Man a bit too much here. I can’t think how you managed to infer I was attempting to solve the British health care system as opposed to pointing out that Steve’s time-line for underinvestment in the system was actually a bit shorter than in reality (did I mention that?) Also added something to the effect that the links you dumped initially…presumably to refute that idea?..bore little resemblance to anything historical or relevant.
Don’t get me wrong…it’s sort of interesting that the US had fewer physicians and hospital beds than Italy and other countries during the worst of the Covid epidemic but it doesn’t really help clarify or refute whether historical spending in the UK has been on point or no.
I agree with your Straw Man WRT the drain that obesity and other lifestyle diseases have on healthcare spending though…but then I guess I would say that not being fat etc.