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The health outcomes in the United States are not what they should be, particularly given the level of spending. In 2016, the United States devoted $3.3 trillion to health care, which was 17.9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product [24]. Other developed economies spend less—a lot less. Among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development—a group of developed countries—the second‐highest level of spending in 2016, as a share of GDP, was 12.4 percent (Switzerland) [25]. The U.S. figure was also twice as high as the average of other comparable countries [26]. Yet U.S. health outcomes are typically no better—and often worse—than those found in other developed countries.