The data in the article shows there is no country with the same standard of living.

The article doesn't disagree that you could get similar health outcomes for less money. The claim of the article is that as people become richer, they spend more money on marginally beneficial health care.

(Or sometimes just consumer goods masquerading as health care, e.g. Oxycontin and similar drugs, used by our leisure class use to mask their ennui. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/our-miserable-21... )

please read the article first. this criticism is addressed.