U.S. spends more on health care, but ranks lower in outcomes (OECD)

https://assets.americashealthrankings.org/ahr_2025annual_comprehensivereport_final-web.pdf We spend $13,818 per person on health care, about 2.5x the OECD average ($5,477). And yet the U.S. is sitting at 78.4 years life expectancy (OECD 81.1), ranked 30/38. The gap between the OECD average and the U.S. has been growing since 2003. We are not catching up, we are falling further behind. Infant [...]