Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: True (92% confidence)
Multiple authoritative sources — OECD data, CMS figures, Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, Commonwealth Fund, and World Economic Forum — consistently show the U.S. spends more per person on healthcare than any other country with available comparable data. In 2024, U.S. health consumption expenditures reached roughly $14,775–$14,885 per person, nearly $5,000 more than second-place Switzerland. The U.S. also spends about 18% of GDP on healthcare, the highest share in the world. The small theore…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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