America's healthcare debate: better health, or protecting Pharma
? Here are the top 20
, and here's the system
with subsidies. Last week's murder of Brian Thompson, chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group's insurance division, UnitedHealthcare, has sparked an outpouring of anger toward health insurers. New Gallup polling data shows Americans' view of health care quality has declined to a twenty-four-year low. The same data showed that 62 percent of Americans believe "it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage" — a decade high.
Being the sickest country
(note: for the liberal, a comparison to USAID recipients
is acceptable – being 69 th
is a winner), or having the worst healthcare system
on the planet:
High-income countries with worst health care systems
6. Sweden (up from No. 7)
7. Canada (up from No. 10)
8. Switzerland (up from No. 9)
9. Germany (down from No. 5)
10. U.S. (technically up from No. 11 but still last place)
This is obviously a reason for Democrats to subsidize everything forever and not address the real issue, rather than ridicule and lawfare every decision with political implications. But for the Governor of Illinois, funding suicide will become a business model of passion
, as it will decrease costs. One wonders if healthcare costs will go down or profits will go up for the insurance companies. When it comes to social aspects, Denmark is always on top of the "happiest" people, but when you use them for child vaccinations as a comparison
, well, not so fast – journalists
know best, MAHA is incompetent, and even eating healthy is bad for insurance companies and Pharma. So when the experts send warnings
, take it with a grain of salt – affordability on the back of profits. Where is Bernie and Mamdani?
Denmark's program can look like proof that "less vaccine" equals good outcomes, but the resemblance is misleading. Denmark has a tax-funded universal health system, high coverage of prenatal care, far less income inequality and a much smaller reservoir of chronic hepatitis B infection than the U.S. In that context, Denmark's policy still captures almost everyone at risk.
Additional info: best states for low-income
health care – compare that to the average income by state. Wonder why DC has a poverty problem
? Should insurance companies be profit centers
?
And why is this not at the center of the discussion
? It does not separate child care from health. And why are we drug-obsessed – take a drug to lose weight to be more productive while drinking beer? Another reality is that even for those who have health insurance, the high costs associated with health care in the U.S. impede the right to health and contribute to disparities. The U.S. spends far more than other developed nations on health care more than double the average of other wealthy countries- yet our life expectancy, child mortality, among other outcomes, lag well behind. Americans spend more on pharmaceuticals compared to peer nations, with generic and brand name drugs costing consumers 2.5 to 4 times more in the U.S. This high financial burden forces people to perform cost-saving measures at the expense of their health and wellbeing. Further, access to health care is only one of multiple equally important social determinants of health. These determinants, such as economic stability through universal services like unemployment benefits, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, or social support systems, like family-friendly policies and childcare, remain mostly unavailable. Under-investment in social determinants of health are major drivers of inequitable health outcomes in the United States.
You think if the government runs the day care business
, it would be covered under health care as well.
