What do you think of United States current helath care?

Question

as compated to other countries?

Answer 1

Sad really. I mean, so many families fall between the cracks of not being eligible for government assisted medical or being able to afford medical coverage for themselves. And so there are many who don't seek out medical they may need, kids that don't get their medical needs met and elderly who need help and can't get it. Another factor is that because so many people don't have insurance, they tend to go to the hospital where they have to be treated, but then are unable to afford to pay the bill when it comes in. And due to all of the unpaid medical bills in America it shoots up the cost of medical care to cover those who can't pay their bills. It's a whole mess. There are so many ways that we could improve the system - yet the government doesn't seem to be addressing these problems. There are several other methods in different countries, such as England and Canada, that work better - not perfect, but better.

Answer 2

I think the health care in the United States is great as far as the care itself goes but being affordable is another issue. I just had surgery Wednesday for a bilateral hernia. The doctor examined me Tuesday and he was concerned enough about my condition that he fit me in the next day for surgery and I'm not even one of his regular patients. After the surgery he fitted me with a pain buster pump that injects a small amount of anesthesia into the surgery area to lesson the pain of recovery. There was enough for two days which are the most painful. It would be nice if health care was more affordable but you have so many malpractice lawsuits that it drives the cost way up. Anytime a doctor or a hospital is sued it isn't them that are going to pay but their customers because they have to pass the cost onto them or they would go out of business. Canada has taxpayer paid health care but their taxes are way higher than ours. I am real thankful to live in a country where if I need surgery or some other kind of health care I can get it. I believe our medical technology is second to none.

Answer 3

US health care is in crisis currently. Depending on the economic status of other countries, the developed countries (ie Canada, England, Sweden) have socialized medicine and doesn't put undo financial burden on its patients. The US medical industry is basically run by the pharmaceutical and insurance industries and those two entities are primarily responsible for spiraling health care costs and ultimately medical rationing (based on financial status of patient). When the government can get a handle on these problems, only then will things improve.

Answer 4

I hate to use the word "suck," but it sucks. The insurance companies/providers control everything about your healthcare. It's all driven by money and greed, not a genuine care for people's well-being.

You know, we can put men on the moon, spend billions upon billions on getting other countries to run their governments the way we think they should, and all in the name of "freedom." But when it comes to healthcare, our country treats it like any other business venture. If you don't believe me, just look and listen to all the advertising on radio/tv and the print media touting one hospital's cardiac program as the best in the region or maybe it's bariactric surgery, whatever.

Look, they do the same thing in advertising medications, especially ones that enhance sex. But who really has a choice in what medicines their doctor prescribes them? And how much longer can employers, especially smaller ones, be expected to provide healthcare for their employees? Who can afford it now?

As in any other problem, it's the middle class(what's left of it) that is getting squeezed. My neighbor, who happens to be a Republican, thinks that National Healthcare in the U.S. is only five to ten years down the road. Something has got to be done and the power has got to be removed from the insurance industry.

Who cares about today's modern medical miracles if it costs "an arm and a leg?"

Answer 5

The health care is great, it is the system that sucks. Layers of bureaucracy built upon more layers of bureaucracy. And each layer costs money to sustain which is passed on to the patient.

If we totally revamp the insurance system, the doctor/hospital won't be inclined to jack up prices...because they know insurance will pay for it anyway. But eventually the costs work back to the payer. If the payer is an employer, he becomes less inclined to pay, passing the costs on to the employee.

If we control frivilous litigation, we would reduce costs and allow doctors to focus on the patient rather than filling out piles of paperwork, ordering unnecessary studies to protect himself in case of suits, paying for the support staff to manage the administrative burden, and having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on malpractice insurance which he/she passes on to the patient.

No matter how you slice it, the system screws the patient...and to a certain extent the doctor.

Answer 6

It absolutely stinks. Our health care system could be a lot better. Then again, so could our government, ha ha. As long as we are paying for the war that we are fighting in Iraq nothing is going to get better where there's big money involved.

Answer 7

The US health technology is advanced when compared to other countries, yet our health insurance system is what is bad, and the majority of people can not afford adequate healthcare, or at least prescriptions of medication.

Answer 8

Expensive to the point of actual absurdity. Why does a ten-minute checkup cost 150.00? That's insane and ridiculous.

Answer 9

Hilary was supposed to fix it several years ago and it just keeps getting worse. The insurances are playing God, almost deciding who lives and who dies and what meds they will and won't pay for. I can't speak for other countries.

Answer 10

It sucks. I think that says it all. It is too expensive. Doctors charge way too much. It should be a criminal offence to charge what the drug companies charge. Again, it sucks.







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