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This subtitle may be somewhat misleading, naturally if people can afford to consume healthcare, it is a high priority for disposable income. Looking beyond the necessary care such as surgery for appendicitis or broken bones, there is almost just as much healthcare available to consume that is not necessary for sustaining life, but serves as enhancing personal satisfaction, or delaying inevitable causes. Geriatric care is one of the largest sources of expenditure. A large percentage of total expenditure on healthcare is during the final x weeks of life. We must take this into account when considering the notion that the 'inefficiency' in the title is related to the level of spending against life expectancy. The reason for this 'unnecessary'spending could be because the GDP per capita in the United States is higher than any other nation. This means that many Americans can use savings from higher incomes.   \subsection{Ownership of the Market- State or Private}  NHS monopsony? There are of course key differences in the delivery of healthcare across different nations. The USA the only country in the top ten most economically developed countries in the world to have a healthcare system that is completely privitised. As an exact converse to this, the United Kingdom is the only nation in the top ten most economically developed to have a system that promises healthcare to be 'free at the point of delivery'. It would, therefore be beneficial to see if indeed the US healthcare system is inefficient. This query may be investigated through flaws of assumption when calculating the expenditure per catia FINISH ME