KFF’s new weekly podcast — KFF’s Business of Health with Chip Kahn — will explain how the $5 trillion health care industry operates and where its headed. Tune in now to explore how the business of health is evolving and what it means for all of us, starting with an interview with Drew Altman, KFF Founding President and CEO, about why KFF launched this new podcast and the importance of its initial focus on AI in health care. Listen and subscribe where you get podcasts.

This chart collection examines how life expectancy in the U.S. compares to that of other similarly large and wealthy countries. Life expectancy at birth in the U.S. increased 0.6 years from 78.4 years in 2023 to 79.0 years in 2024, its highest-ever level. However, the average life expectancy in comparable countries was 82.7 years, about 3.7 years longer than in the U.S., reflecting a persistently wide difference in life expectancy between the U.S. and comparable countries.