Who is to\u00a0blame for America\u2019s enormous health-care costs? The sector accounts for almost a fifth of the country\u2019s\u00a0GDP<\/small>, twice the average for wealthy countries, yet outcomes are no better.\u00a0Americans\u00a0under 70\u00a0are almost twice as likely as their counterparts in similarly affluent nations to die of cardiovascular diseases. Death rates due to other conditions like diabetes and kidney diseases are also much higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most Americans point the finger at drugmakers, insurers or the middlemen between them. Luigi Mangione, whose trial for the alleged murder of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, America\u2019s biggest health insurer, began last month, has received donations totalling $740,000. \u201cHe did what everyone else is just thinking,\u201d wrote one sympathiser on Mr Mangione\u2019s fundraising page recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More often overlooked are America\u2019s hospitals, which took in $1.5trn in fees in 2023, according to the most recent government figures. That is triple the amount spent on medications, and accounts for a third of America\u2019s total health-care spending (see chart 1). Since 2000 hospital prices have soared by over 250%, growing at twice the overall rate for medical care and triple the rate of inflation. What is behind America\u2019s soaring hospital bills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> How hospitals inflate America\u2019s giant health-care bill
America has the worst healthcare system in the world for the amount of money they spend on it https:\/\/t.co\/A8eRzmH7vV<\/a><\/p>— Yasir Mahmood (@MofaYasir) March 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>