U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World

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19 Jan 2019, 9:49 am

Although the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world, the nation ranks lowest in terms of “efficiency, equity and outcomes,” for the fifth year in a row.
U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World
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The American Journal of Medicine found that 62% of those who filed for bankruptcy did so due to medical debt, half of all foreclosures were due to medical bills, and three of four had health insurance.

This is what you get when you put profits before people.



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19 Jan 2019, 9:59 am

Read the article again.

It doesn't say that.

And why cite a survey from 2014?


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19 Jan 2019, 10:07 am

It does say that; verbatim. That's what quotation marks are for.
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19 Jan 2019, 10:10 am

Piobaire wrote:
It does say that.
Please learn to read before responding to posts.

"The Commonwealth Fund report compares the U.S. with 10 other nations".

You think "the developed world" is only 11 nations???

Here are 58 countries of the "developed world"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country


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