The United States, in comparison to other industrialized countries, often falls far behind in statistics in terms of healthcare. For example, according to our Central Intelligence Agency, the United States ranks 44th with infant mortality, trailing far behind countries such as Sweden and France. Though we are the foremost leaders in areas such as higher education, military, etc, we have failed to be the best in healthcare despite having the top trained health care providers and up-to-date medical facilities. However, we are at a crucial time for our nation, in which President Obama is trying to create momentous change in terms of our out-of-balance and flawed health care system.
[...] People who do not have health insurance rely solely on critical services only, and Emergency Rooms, thankfully, are not allowed to turn anyone away if they are at a serious level in need of help even if they do not present an insurance card. However, most likely this person cannot pay for their hospital bills, causing the government to reimburse the hospitals and forcing themselves into extra work to go into chasing down the people who could not, or did not pay. [...]
[...] And to put this in perspective once again, the United States spends twice as much per person on health care compared to other industrialized nations but not everyone is covered. Another issue that the government should give priority to is the continuous problem of the overload of paperwork that doctors and hospitals deal with every day. It is estimated that we lose 23 - 31 billions of dollars in national time cost to interactions with insurance companies. Primary care doctors, on average, spend 3.5 hours per week doing paperwork, and their clerical staff currently spends about 7.2 hours per day filling out forms. [...]
[...] On why I may move to Sweden, on for once, listen to the French The United States, in comparison to other industrialized countries, often falls far behind in statistics in terms of healthcare. For example, according to our Central Intelligence Agency, the United States ranks 44th with infant mortality, trailing far behind countries such as Sweden and France. Though we are the foremost leaders in areas such as higher education, military, etc, we have failed to be the best in healthcare despite having the top trained health care providers and up-to-date medical facilities. [...]
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