Fact-check: “The United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: Mostly True (88% confidence)
OECD's Health at a Glance 2025 documents U.S. health spending at $14,885 per capita (PPP-adjusted) and 17.2% of GDP in 2024—the highest among all OECD members, with Switzerland the distant second at $9,963. The claim is well-supported for the OECD comparison; it cannot be definitively confirmed against every non-OECD country worldwide, but no credible source identifies any non-OECD country as a higher spender.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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