One study suggests that US administrative costs at 31% are proportionately nearly twice those in Canada. [1] Many studies show that we spend around twice as much on healthcare as compared to our peer nations. Yet we get relatively poor results, particularly for routine public health issues ...
A new cross-border analysis from the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) shows that Canadians experience more difficulties accessing healthcare and feel less confident in the system than do Americans. From a list of healthcare services, Americans were far more likely to say that it was either easy or ...
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, combined with the alleged grievances of the man suspected of shooting him, have put health care in the spotlight.
The idea of universal healthcare - a system that delivers good-quality medical care to all citizens and residents, regardless of their ability to pay- dates back to 1912.Theodor Roosevelt, who had served nearly eight years as a Republican president - decided to run again on a progressive ...
health care system continues to have higher costs, poorer access to care, and lower quality compared to other high-income countries. We recommend more insight and oversight of private equity and corporate entities in medicine to better understand the impact on our patients, the health of our ...
China is currently the world’s top EV manufacturer, but Chinese companies’ market penetration in the US remains low compared to other regions. Day 1,249 (June 21, 2024): US Treasury Issues Draft Regulations Restricting US Investment in Sensitive Technology Sectors in China. The US Treasury ha...
(Leasher); School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (J. Leung); Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (Cahill); Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Cooper); Bureau of Child, Family & Community Wellness, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Carson City ...
While there are several reasons for high healthcare costs, the fact remains that one cannot afford to be uninsured while visiting the US. In US hospitals the cost for any treatment is much lower if you have insurance and the hospital is part of the PPO network when compared to getting the...
"For more than 10 years now, The Commonwealth Fund has compared the U.S. health system to the systems of other industrialized nations, and the U.S. has always been an outlier when it comes to costs, access and affordability," she said. "Far too many people go without care or can't...
The majority of Americans rely on private health insurance for coverage. Statistics show that 91.4% of the American population had coverage in 2022, much less compared to 99% to 100% of the population in other industrialized countries having healthcare coverage.1 Most of the costs involved in t...