Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: Mostly True (70% confidence)
Source-independence note: several cited articles derive from the same underlying primary record and count as one evidentiary family, not independent corroboration. Every major cross-national dataset confirms the U.S. spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country: OECD 2025 data put U.S. spending at $14,885 per person in 2024, with Switzerland second at roughly two-thirds of that level, and CMS reported $15,474 per person for the same year. The claim is technically narrower than th…
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