US healthcare again ranked worst, as it has for 20 years – June 2018

The 3 Reasons the U.S. Health-Care System Is the Worst The Atlantic

The head of the Commonwealth Fund, which compares the health systems of developed nations,
pinpoints why America’s is so expensive and inefficient.

  • “The lowest performer? The United States, even though it spends the most. “And this is consistent across 20 years,” said the Commonwealth Fund’s president, David Blumenthal, on Friday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which is co-hosted by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic.”
  1. A lack of insurance coverage
  2. Administrative inefficiency
  3. Underperforming primary care.
  • “Together, these reasons help explain why U.S. life expectancy has, for the first time since the 1960s, recently gone down for two years in a row.”


Mirror, Mirror 2017: International Comparison Reflects Flaws and Opportunities for Better U.S. Health Care

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