U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World

The U.S. health care system has been subject to heated debate over the past decade, but one thing that has remained consistent is the level of performance, which has been ranked as the worst among industrialized nations for the fifth time, according to the 2014 Commonwealth Fund survey 2014. The U.K. ranked best with Switzerland following a close second.

Although the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world, the nation ranks lowest in terms of “efficiency, equity and outcomes,” according to the report. One of the most piercing revelations is that the high rate of expenditure for insurance is not commensurate to the satisfaction of patients or quality of service. High out-of-pocket costs and gaps in coverage “undermine efforts in the U.S. to improve care coordination,” the report summarized.

A striking take-home from the report was a need for equity throughout the nation. “Disparities in access to services signal the need to expand insurance to cover the uninsured and to ensure that all Americans have an accessible medical home,” it said. A lack of universal health care was noted as the key difference between the U.S. and the other industrial nations.

eddie wrote:Y’all need to start big fuck off demonstrations and get serious about this shit.

eddie wrote:

The U.S. health care system has been subject to heated debate over the past decade, but one thing that has remained consistent is the level of performance, which has been ranked as the worst among industrialized nations for the fifth time, according to the 2014 Commonwealth Fund survey 2014. The U.K. ranked best with Switzerland following a close second.

Although the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world, the nation ranks lowest in terms of “efficiency, equity and outcomes,” according to the report. One of the most piercing revelations is that the high rate of expenditure for insurance is not commensurate to the satisfaction of patients or quality of service. High out-of-pocket costs and gaps in coverage “undermine efforts in the U.S. to improve care coordination,” the report summarized.

A striking take-home from the report was a need for equity throughout the nation. “Disparities in access to services signal the need to expand insurance to cover the uninsured and to ensure that all Americans have an accessible medical home,” it said. A lack of universal health care was noted as the key difference between the U.S. and the other industrial nations.

https://time.com/2888403/u-s-health-care-ranked-worst-in-the-developed-world/?fbclid=IwAR3KG9jUbEoGiLg_2ozChJa0aQrE0OQ9Y8a9OWtlpmMYUoDV68faX-OT-ls

Maddog wrote:
This is one of those threads where my signature suffices as an adequate response.

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Maddog wrote:
This is one of those threads where my signature suffices as an adequate response.

Or, as your redneck anti-guvm'nt quotient of Amerikans put it so succinctly, back when Obama's regime was attempting to merely reform your health insurance system  (not even getting as far as national "universal" basic healthcare, mind..)  :

"Obama is a communist !  It is un-Amerikan for the gum'nt to interfere with private business's right to rip off the poorest people in the country --  Obama's a communist  ! --  and we reserve the right to pay exorbitant fees and charges to our betters wot own those healthfunds and hospitals --  oh, and did I mention that the unAmerikan Muslim Obama is a communist !"

Maddog wrote:

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:


Or, as your redneck anti-guvm'nt quotient of Amerikans put it so succinctly, back when Obama's regime was attempting to merely reform your health insurance system  (not even getting as far as national "universal" basic healthcare, mind..)  :

"Obama is a communist !  It is un-Amerikan for the gum'nt to interfere with private business's right to rip off the poorest people in the country --  Obama's a communist  ! --  and we reserve the right to pay exorbitant fees and charges to our betters wot own those healthfunds and hospitals --  oh, and did I mention that the unAmerikan Muslim Obama is a communist !"

Does my signature mention communism?

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Maddog wrote:

Does my signature mention communism?

Nope...

But "communist, Muslim and unAmerican" were all terms being thrown around often by many of those redneck, Southerner, anti-guvm'nt, "libertarian" and anarchist protesters against the suggested Obama reforms..

How many of your friends, neighbours and relatives were sucked into voicing and supporting such nonsensical pro-big business/anti-healthcare sentiments  ?

Maddog wrote:

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:


Nope...

But "communist, Muslim and unAmerican" were all terms being thrown around often by many of those redneck, Southerner, anti-guvm'nt, "libertarian" and anarchist protesters against the suggested Obama reforms..

How many of your friends, neighbours and relatives were sucked into voicing and supporting such nonsensical pro-big business/anti-healthcare sentiments  ?

Well, I can't speak for everyone else. I know people of every political persuasion. Pick a position and I have a friend who supports it. I personally resent the paternalism found in forced government programs. I also know that it comes from the left and the right.  

Original Quill wrote:

Maddog wrote:


Well, I can't speak for everyone else. I know people of every political persuasion. Pick a position and I have a friend who supports it. I personally resent the paternalism found in forced government programs. I also know that it comes from the left and the right.  

Not to mention the price you could get for someone's liver.

Maddog wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Maddog wrote:


Well, I can't speak for everyone else. I know people of every political persuasion. Pick a position and I have a friend who supports it. I personally resent the paternalism found in forced government programs. I also know that it comes from the left and the right.  

Not to mention the price you could get for someone's liver.

Especially a gooses.

nicko wrote:Gooses !     surely Geese ?