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Universal Health Coverage #4

Open ellislau opened 6 years ago

ellislau commented 6 years ago

The U.S. has one of the most terrible health care systems in the developed world, in terms of both life expectancy and cost per person. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-spending-u-s-compare-countries https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/jul/25/us-healthcare-system-vs-other-countries What is keeping the U.S. from adopting a solution?

ellislau commented 5 years ago

Research article that concludes that the Medicare for All Act of 2017, as proposed by Bernie Sanders, would reduce annual health care spending from $3.24 trillion to $2.93 trillion, after accounting for 12% greater demand from increased availability for the uninsured and underinsured. https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/1127-economic-analysis-of-medicare-for-all

ellislau commented 5 years ago

Americans pay far more than other countries in terms of per capita health care, and private insurers pay more than public insurers for the same health care services. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05144 (article is paywalled, some more details at https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2018/us-health-care-spending-highest-among-developed-countries.html)