Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: True (95% confidence)
Every major international comparative source — OECD Health at a Glance 2025, the WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, and the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker — shows the U.S. spending more on healthcare per capita and as a share of GDP than any other country, including all non-OECD nations where per-capita spending is far lower. In 2024, the U.S. spent roughly $14,885 per person (OECD estimate) or $15,474 per person (CMS domestic figure), about 2.…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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