The United States has the worst quality of health care among 11 Western
industrialized nations.
And we have the most expensive health care, by far.
I know you’re not surprised.
The comparisons are from the 2014 report of the Commonwealth Fund, a
New York-based foundation that promotes improved health care.
Obamacare is a first step toward improving our national health care and
lowering costs.
We need to do better, real fast.
We need to stop paying doctors for doing tests, and start paying them
for keeping us healthy.
We need to make sure that everyone pays for health insurance, because
in America, like it or not, everyone can get health care (at least in an emergency
room) without health insurance. That has to stop.
We need to get our government to negotiate prices with drug companies.
Cost per person for health care in the U.S.: $8,508
Cost per person in Norway: $5,669
Cost per person in New Zealand: $3,182
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