Fact-check: “The United States spends more per person on healthcare than any other OECD country.”
Verdict: True (99% confidence)
The OECD's Health at a Glance 2025 report, published November 2025 and updated August 2026, documents U.S. per-capita health spending at $14,885 (PPP-adjusted) in 2024 — the highest of any OECD member, roughly 2.5 times the OECD average of $5,967. The next-highest spenders (Switzerland at ~$9,963, Norway at ~$9,393, Germany at ~$9,365) trail the U.S. by more than $5,000 per person. This finding has been consistent across every prior OECD edition and is confirmed by the OECD Data Explorer's 2026…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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