When it comes to health care, more investment may not always yield better outcomes.   According to Reuters, each American spends about $9,400 this year on health care, the highest in the world, but the health status of the U.S. is not as good as expected.

OECD Health Statistics 2014 indicates that in the United States, the total expenditure on pharmaceuticals and other medical non-durables was $,1010 per capita in 2012, the highest compared to drug costs in other countries in the list of 34 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom,  and United States.  OECD stands for The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.  In the United States, 16.9 % GDP was spent on health care in 2012, the highest among the list with the OECD average at 9.3%.

Male life expectancy:  Males  born in the U.S. in 2012 were expected to live for 76.3 years which was below the OECD average 77.5 years and ranked at the 26th of the list.  On the top were Iceland and Switzerland where males born at birth in 2012 were expected to live for 81.6 and 80.6 years, respectively.  Countries where males were expected to live for more than 79 years include Australia (79.9), Canada (79.3), Israel (79.9), Italy (79.8), Japan (79.9), Luxembourg (79.1), Netherlands (79.3), New Zealand (79.7), Norway (79.5), Spain (79.5), Sweden (79.9), and United Kingdom (79.1).  The countries that ranked below the U.S. included Chile (76.3), Czech Republic (75.1), Estonia (71.4), Hungary (71.6), Mexico (71.4), Poland (72.7), Slovak Republic (72.5), and Turkey (72.0).

Female life expectancy:  Females born in the U.S. in 2012 were expected to live for 81.1 years which was below the OECD average 82.8 years and ranked at the 29th of the list.  On the top of the list were France (85.4), Japan (86.4), and Spain (85.5).  Only Hungary (78.7), Mexico (77.3), Slovak Republic (79.9) and Turkey (77.2) were below the U.S., which was in par with Poland (81.1).  (David LIu, PHD)

http://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/oecd-health-statistics-2014-frequently-requested-data.htm