Claim: Says America spends "over 17 percent of its GDP on health care costs when our closest competitor nations are spending about 12."
Fact-check: Cory Booker says U.S. spends more than 17 percent of gross domestic product on health care costs
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Erin O'Neill
Date published: 2011-12-25T00:00:00