Despite Americans paying nearly double that of other nations, the US fares poorly in list of 10 countries

The United States health system ranked dead last in an international comparison of 10 peer nations, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund.

In spite of Americans paying nearly double that of other countries, the system performed poorly on health equity, access to care and outcomes.

“I see the human toll of these shortcomings on a daily basis,” said Dr Joseph Betancourt, the president of the Commonwealth Fund, a foundation with a focus on healthcare research and policy.

The fund said the US would need to expand insurance coverage and make “meaningful” improvements on the amount of healthcare expenses patients pay themselves; minimize the complexity and variation in insurance plans to improve administrative efficiency; build a viable primary care and public health system; and invest in social wellbeing, rather than thrust problems of social inequity onto the health system.

  • @Paddzr
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    76 hours ago

    Who has ever said that? You guys have no healthcare. It’s literally a joke to anyone outside of US.

    • Flying Squid
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      76 hours ago

      Our politicians and pundits say it all the time.

      • @Paddzr
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        66 hours ago

        Not a high bar if they’re also saying immigratns are eating People’s pets.

        • @theilleists
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          33 hours ago

          But you have to understand, to 74 million people, the Fox News Cinematic Universe is reality. There’s regular bullshit, and then there’s bullshit so widely believed that you actually have to study the bullshit, just to be able to predict what its subscribers will do next. Like religion.

    • Tiefling IRL
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      25 hours ago

      You’re wrong but not in the way you think. It’s also a joke to everyone inside the US, except billionaires. Billionaires love it