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Facts First : It is true that the US, at an estimated $ 10,586 per person in 2018, spends twice as much or more per person on health care as Canada( $ 4,974) and most other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development( OECD) -- but the US does not spend twice as much as any other country. Switzerland, at $ 7,317 per capita, and Norway, at $ 6,187 per capita, were well above half the US level in 2018, according to OECD figures. Several other countries were above half more narrowly. Senator Sanders could correctly say the US spends more than twice the OECD average. As we've noted before, though, Senator Sanders has been using the same inaccurate wording for more than a decade, even though that wording has been fact checked as inaccurate since 2009. Trump's tax law and the very richSanders said.