US expensive health care

America spends twice as much on health as 10 other rich countries, due to the high cost of everything from prescriptions to doctors

Jessica Glenza in New York

 @JessicaGlenza

Tue 13 Mar 2018 20.29 GMTFirst published on Tue 13 Mar 2018 16.21 GMT

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 Just 90% of Americans have health insurance, leaving about 27 million people without access to healthcare. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

The United States spends twice as much on healthcare as 10 other high-income nations, driven by the high price of everything from prescription drugs to doctors’ salaries, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds.