US Healthcare Fail, Ranks Last Rich Nations, Spends More, Amer Die Youngest, Most Avoidable Deaths

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'U.S. ranks last in health care compared with 9 other high-income countries, report finds,' NBC News, Sept. 19, 2024. Ed. - People in the U.S. die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths, despite spending much more on health care.
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The health system in the U.S. is failing, a startling new report finds.

The U.S. ranks as the worst performer among 10 developed nations in critical areas of health care, including preventing deaths, access (mainly because of high cost) and guaranteeing quality treatment for everyone, regardless of gender, income or geographic location, according to the report, published Thursday by The Commonwealth Fund, an independent research group.

Based on the new findings, people in the U.S. die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths, even though the country spends nearly twice as much — about 18% of gross domestic product — on health care than any other nation ranked. Surveys indicate that health care is among the top priorities for voters in the November presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris has pitched building on the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

Former President Donald Trump has given little detail about his health care vision; his running mate, JD Vance, has suggested deregulation.

Thursday’s findings show, the researchers say, that the U.S. spends the most but gets the least from its investment. “No other country in the world expects patients and families to pay as much out of pocket for essential health care as they do in the U.S.,” Dr. Joseph Betancourt, the president of The Commonwealth Fund, said on a call Wednesday discussing the new findings.

Ironically, the steep price people pay doesn’t guarantee superior care.

“We are undersupplied with the things that people need most,” including doctors and hospital beds, Dr. David Blumenthal, the former president of The Commonwealth Fund, said on the call. “That’s one of the reasons why you have to wait so long in the United States for specialty care and one of the reasons why no one can find a primary care physician.”...
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/us-health-care-ranking-report-last-rcna171652

US Healthcare System Ranks Last, People Mag
https://people.com/united-states-healthcare-system-ranks-last-report-8715530

Common Dreams, US Healthcare System
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-healthcare-system

[Irish_Dem]

1. This is the country the GOP wants.

Healthcare is a giant grifting opportunity for billionaires who bribe politicians.

Preventable deaths and bankruptcy from medical bills is the price Americans
pay to make sure the rich get richer.

[appalachiablue]

3. The essence of our deficient for profit health system. Cruel. Tx for posting.

[Permanut]

2. UnitedHealth Group, Elevance, Cigna and CVS made $41 billion in profits in 2022..

That could have something to do with this issue.

[appalachiablue]

5. !$ It's outrageous, and tragic. Greed culture.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Oh, and I bet that w/ us being last in healthcare rankings (among 'rich nations' (yeah, sure, why not change the topic

heading to 'richest people in the US' instead)), we're first in profits.

Something is definitely wrong w/ this. They said long ago when this formula was changed, that things would get better for Americans.

Yeah, right. It got better for the richest 100 Americans and worse for the rest of us. The way it usually unfolds when the media and far-right media promises the American people something.

[appalachiablue]

8. They lied, made out and sleep well. It's what cons and liars do, and their enablers.

[Irish_Dem]

6. US Healthcare is a $4.5 million grift for the billionaires.

Just another con job the American people accept as a fact of life.

[anciano]

7. Over 70 countries have universal healthcare...

the US is the only industrialized, wealthy country that doesn't....the only one.