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The amount the US spends on healthcare is more than offset by the high proportion of people who have no cover. The % of US population covered by health insuran
by stevesimmons 6y ago
The amount the US spends on healthcare is more than offset by the high proportion of people who have no cover.
The % of US population covered by health insurance is around 84%, compared with most other rich countries, which are all at 100%.
Additional, much of what you count as US health care spending is really health care administration - i.e. billing and finding reasons to deny care to the sick.
- TMWNN 6y ago>The % of US population covered by health insurance is around 84% That was pre-Obamacare. 91-92% of Americans have medical insurance, whether through their employers, or government programs like Medicare/Medicaid. >compared with most other rich countries, which are all at 100%. Nope. That's compared to 95-97% in other developed countries because there are always some people who fall through cracks, like (say) a Canadian who doesn't get a new provincial health care card after moving, or a German who neglects to buy into a new sickness fund after changing careers. The only such systems with actual 100% (or as close to it as possible) coverage is something like the UK NHS, which does not have a requirement to show a membership card (because, well, there isn't one) to receive treatment.