Emalynn Goddard

Poverty by Prescription: America Is Paying the World's Highest Healthcare Bill for Some of the Lowest-Ranked Outcomes

The United States spends more than twice what any other high-income nation spends on healthcare, yet we consistently rank last in health outcomes among our peers. These statistics are not caused by a lack of resources; in fact, the U.S. is the global leader in medical technological innovation. The problem, rather, is a broken system built on decades of lobbying by pharmaceutical giants and a partisan weaponization of policy that has left millions of Americans uninsured.