Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: Mostly True (92% confidence)
Every major authoritative source — OECD Health at a Glance 2025, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, the Commonwealth Fund, and a global economy ranking using WHO data across 186 countries — confirms the U.S. spent more on health per capita and a higher share of GDP than any other country in 2024, with OECD putting U.S. per-capita spending at $14,885 (PPP) versus an OECD average of $5,967 and Switzerland as the next-highest at roughly $10,000. The small qualification keeping this from 'Tr…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
Related fact-checks
- Donald Trump Jr accepted a gift from a Russian oligearch — True
- European Union plans 200 million Euro investment in Greenland as a response to Trump's posturing — Mostly True
- Approximately 45% of the current Canadian population is made up of immigrants and the children of immigrants — Mostly True
- Recent job numbers increased faster than had been expected and are ahead of most analysts expectations — Partly True
- Medicare for all would cost trillions a year that Americans would pay through higher income taxes — Partly True