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Report: US health spending still highest among peers

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Despite spending more on healthcare than all its peer nations, the US continues to deliver poorer outcomes, deeper inequities, and shrinking access to primary care.

A new international comparison finds that the United States continues to spend far more on healthcare than other high‑income nations while seeing comparatively poorer health outcomes, according to a report released by the Commonwealth Fund.

The study, which draws on 2026 data from the Organization for Economic Co‑operation and