Despite having the most expensive health care system in the world, the United States ranks near the bottom when compared to other industrialized countries on measures of health system quality, efficiency, access to care, equity, and healthy lives, according to a recent report.

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The United States often ranks poorly in international comparisons of health system performance despite spending more on health care than any other country. Reports such as those from the Commonwealth Fund have highlighted these disparities, showing that the U.S. lags behind other industrialized nations in various health outcome metrics despite its high expenditure.

Despite Having the Most Expensive Health Care System in the World