The United States spends more on healthcare per person than any other high‑income nation, yet by nearly every population‑level metric, Americans are not healthier for it. National health expenditure data show that US healthcare spending reached approximately 4.5 trillion dollars in 2022, about 17.3 percent of gross domestic product, with spending continuing to climb and reaching 5.3 trillion dollars and 18 percent of GDP by 2024. In other words, nearly one out of every five