How much does america spend on healthcare?

The analysis shows that in the U.S., which spent an average of $9,086 per person annually, life expectancy was 78.8 years. Switzerland, the second-highest-spending country, spent $6,325 per person and had a life expectancy of 82.9 years. read more

National Health Expenditures 2016 Highlights U.S. health care spending increased 4.3 percent to reach $3.3 trillion, or $10,348 per person in 2016. read more

The combined total was effectively $3 trillion. Complexities and history aside, the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) deficit is on the books, it is all healthcare spending, so it really needs to be included in any figure summarizing annual healthcare spending. read more

The United States spends the most on health care per person — $9,237 – according to two new papers published in the journal The Lancet. Somalia spends the least – just $33 per person. The data covering 184 countries was collected and analyzed by the Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network, a network of investigators from around the world with expertise in various aspects of health care. read more