KFF highlights that the US spends nearly twice as much per person on health care as peer countries while having lower life expectancy, framing it as a stark efficiency gap.
The U.S. has a lower life expectancy than peer countries (79 vs. 82.7 years)
spends nearly twice as much as its peers on health care per person
nearly $5,000 more per person than the next highest-spending country: Switzerland
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