claim: "we spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on earth."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: aug 16, 2015 ... "we spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of  any other country," sanders said. it's a striking claim, and one we heard from  sanders six years ago. we rated the claim false then, and it's still wrong now. we  looked at data from the organization for economic cooperation and ...
evidence_2: oct 8, 2015 ... new york, n.y., october 8, 2015 — the u.s. spent more per person on health  care than 12 other high-income nations in 2013, while seeing the lowest life  expectancy and some of the worst ... “and because we spend so much on health  care, there is less to spend on other important needs and investments.
evidence_3: nov 18, 2015 ... americans spend twice as much on healthcare as other wealthy countries—and  die earlier ... not reaping returns. according to the study, the united states  spends more money per capita than any other oecd country on health care— about $8,713 per person, more than twice the oecd average of $3,453.
evidence_4: apr 20, 2017 ... the united states spends the most on health care per person — $9,237 –  according to two new papers published in the journal the lancet. ... u.k. and  while the u.s. spends more on health care than any country in the world, it ranks  12th in life expectancy among the 12 wealthiest industrialized countries, ...
evidence_5: oct 22, 2012 ... how much is good health care worth to you? $8,233 per year? that's how much  the u.s. spends per person. worth it? that figure is more than two-and-a-half  times more than most developed nations in the world, including relatively rich  european countries like france, sweden and the united kingdom.