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by pseudolus 916 days ago
I believe the numbers you're quoting are "trillion" and not "billion".
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This is correct, US total healthcare spending equals 16.6% of GDP with less bang for the buck than many other nations.

"The United States perfoms better than the OECD average on 29% of indicators"

https://www.oecd.org/unitedstates/health-at-a-glance-United-...

Most European nations hover around 8-12% of GDP.

Thank you, fixed!