Fact-check: “The US has the highest healthcare costs in the world”
Verdict: Mostly True (88% confidence)
Multiple authoritative sources — including OECD Health at a Glance 2025 and CMS's official National Health Expenditure Accounts — confirm that the U.S. spends more on healthcare per capita and as a share of GDP than any other OECD country, with 2024 figures of approximately $14,880–$15,474 per person and 18% of GDP. The claim is slightly imprecise because the clearest official data frames the U.S. as highest among OECD/wealthy peer nations rather than explicitly ranking it against every country…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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