Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: Mostly True (85% confidence)
The OECD's most current data (2024, published November 2025) shows the U.S. spent over $14,880 per person on health — roughly 2.5 times the OECD average — and devoted 17.2% of GDP to healthcare, making it the top spender on both measures among all OECD countries. The claim is well-supported for the OECD comparison set, which covers all major high-income economies, but the retrieved evidence doesn't include a complete country-by-country global ranking, so 'highest in the world' carries a minor u…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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