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"While the United States spends more on health care than any other country, we are not achieving comparable performance. We have poor health outcomes, including

"While the United States spends more on health care than any other country, we are not achieving comparable performance. We have poor health outcomes, including low life expectancy and high suicide rates, compared to our peer nations. A relatively higher chronic disease burden and incidence of obesity contribute to the problem, but the U.S. health care system is also not doing its part. Our analysis shows that the U.S. has the highest rates of avoidable mortality because of people not receiving timely, high-quality care..." "First, greater attention should be placed on reducing health care costs. The U.S. could look to approaches taken by other industrialized nations to contain costs, including budgeting practices and using value-based pricing of new medical technologies. Approaches that aim to lower health care prices are likely to have the greatest impact, since previous research has indicated that higher prices are the primary reason why the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country..." https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...

jokethrowaway 6y ago
The states are riddled with obesity, depression and overworking - still I think health care should be evaluated on the actual structures and services available, not on aggregates statistics that depend on a lot more. My wife on NHS (UK) gave birth on a sofa with pretty much no equipment - and they conveniently missed the time when epidural could be administered. Waiting times are bonkers. And NHS was touted as a best system in the world in 2018. It's just political propaganda if you ask me.
- hnlmorg 6y ago
  Who touted the NHS as the best in the world? UK's own politicians? The same guys who under-fund the NHS year on year? The same guys who are trying sabotaging it so they can privatise it? The NHS is a great institution but the UK government seem hell bent on destroying it while passifying their voters with misleading soundbites about their investment in it.
  - arethuza 6y ago
    The Commonwealth Fund https://www.commonwealthfund.org/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/14/nhs-holds-on-to-top-spot-in-healthcare-survey https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/14/nhs-holds-on... Seems slightly surprising to me - I would have assumed it would be France or one of the other EU countries. Edit: I'm a supporter of the NHS but it has been chronically underfunded and had too many management consultants trying to "improve" it over the years.
- orwin 6y ago
  NHS is clearly not the best HC system when taking into account most factors (18th in the world) https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf
  - arethuza 6y ago
    The US is at 37 - which is amazing for the richest and most powerful country in the world.
- Obsnold 6y ago
  That sounds like an awful experience and I’m sorry your wife had to go through that. I just wanted to add that when my wife gave birth in the UK on the NHS last year she had an amazing experience and the level of support before during and after was incredible. In general all my experiences with the nhs have been positive. In comparison the only other country I have experience with is Hong Kong where I had a dr laugh in my face when I enquired about a genetic condition I may have inherited. The nhs is far from perfect and could use improvement. I think it’s just that most other countries are even worse.

jokethrowaway 6y ago

The states are riddled with obesity, depression and overworking - still I think health care should be evaluated on the actual structures and services available, not on aggregates statistics that depend on a lot more. My wife on NHS (UK) gave birth on a sofa with pretty much no equipment - and they conveniently missed the time when epidural could be administered. Waiting times are bonkers. And NHS was touted as a best system in the world in 2018. It's just political propaganda if you ask me.

hnlmorg 6y ago
Who touted the NHS as the best in the world? UK's own politicians? The same guys who under-fund the NHS year on year? The same guys who are trying sabotaging it so they can privatise it? The NHS is a great institution but the UK government seem hell bent on destroying it while passifying their voters with misleading soundbites about their investment in it.
- arethuza 6y ago
  The Commonwealth Fund https://www.commonwealthfund.org/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/14/nhs-holds-on-to-top-spot-in-healthcare-survey https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/14/nhs-holds-on... Seems slightly surprising to me - I would have assumed it would be France or one of the other EU countries. Edit: I'm a supporter of the NHS but it has been chronically underfunded and had too many management consultants trying to "improve" it over the years.
orwin 6y ago
NHS is clearly not the best HC system when taking into account most factors (18th in the world) https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf
- arethuza 6y ago
  The US is at 37 - which is amazing for the richest and most powerful country in the world.
Obsnold 6y ago
That sounds like an awful experience and I’m sorry your wife had to go through that. I just wanted to add that when my wife gave birth in the UK on the NHS last year she had an amazing experience and the level of support before during and after was incredible. In general all my experiences with the nhs have been positive. In comparison the only other country I have experience with is Hong Kong where I had a dr laugh in my face when I enquired about a genetic condition I may have inherited. The nhs is far from perfect and could use improvement. I think it’s just that most other countries are even worse.