Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: True (94% confidence)
Multiple independent primary and institutional sources — including OECD Health at a Glance 2025, WHO's Global Health Expenditure Database, CMS National Health Expenditure data, and Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker — consistently documented that the United States recorded the highest per-capita health expenditure and the highest share of GDP spent on health among all compared countries, both within the OECD and globally. In 2024, the U.S. recorded approximately $14,885–$15,474 per person in he…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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