What happened to: We the People of the United States, in Order to form
a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote the GENERAL WELFARE, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity......?
USA Health Care System: Highest in Cost & Worst in Quality |...
A study that was to be released on Thursday highlights the stark
contrast between what the United States spends on its health system
and the quality of care it delivers, compared with health care in many
other industrialized nations.
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While the United States spends more than twice as much per capita on
health care as most other industrialized countries, including France,
it has fallen to last place among those countries in being able to
prevent deaths with timely and effective medical care,
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Although the United States has reduced its number of preventable
deaths for people under 75 years old to 110 deaths per every 100,000,
compared with 115 five years earlier, other countries made greater
strides. As a result, the United States now ranks last in preventable
mortality among developed nations
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Access to care in the United States has worsened as more people -
about 75 million - are believed to lack adequate health insurance or
be uninsured altogether.
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