The American healthcare system is much more expensive yet its results cannot compare to the cheap and effective Japanese healthcare system. Both systems are struggling, however, to maintain themselves. The American healthcare system is heavily flawed as the lower class cannot afford health care and more than 45 million Americans are uninsured. (Rosenthal, Medical procedures and drugs cost the most in the United States as compared to any other country, with drugs such as Lipitor costing $122 while costing $6 at New Zealand. America 's liberal system further complicates the medical system by allowing hospitals and clinics to operate like a free market. (Hixon) The Japanese healthcare system, on the other hand, covers all citizens and is extremely
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The Japanese health care services are so cheap that many people are over-extending their stays in the hospital, which crowds the hospitals in the long run. The average Japanese person tends to stay in a hospital bed three times longer than how long an American would stay. (Diehm, Hall) Thus, Japanese hospitals are filled with people who prolong their visits. The hospital treats everyone equally so people may be denied access to a hospital regardless of their condition or situation because the hospital is crowded. (Cooper, Taylor) There was a situation in which someone had suffered a fatal injury and was denied entry to multiple hospitals because they were over-crowded. Japanese people have one fourth the chance to get a heart attack, but are twice as likely to die to one as compared to American or French …show more content…
Clinics in Japan have long lines of people waiting to get their health check up. Studies show that the Japanese citizen visits their doctor fourteen times a year. Japanese people tend to go to a hospital or clinic if they feel like they have any problems because of how cheap health care is in Japan. Doctors are not allowed to charge more than the set price that the government sets for medical procedures and drugs. Due to the low cost and long lines, patients are given 3 minute consultations when they had waited hours to receive their check up. Although Japanese health care is much more cheaper than American health care, it lacks in quality and attention provided to the citizens of its country. (Cooper, Taylor)
Both systems have theirs pros and cons, but they can be improved if they can take from each other. The American healthcare system is too expensive and very inefficient. On the other hand, the Japanese healthcare system is too cheap, and will have to address the arising problems. They are both on the opposite sides of the scale, thus both systems should take from each other in order to reach equilibrium, become a system that is balanced in its cost and
The Japanese health care services are so cheap that many people are over-extending their stays in the hospital, which crowds the hospitals in the long run. The average Japanese person tends to stay in a hospital bed three times longer than how long an American would stay. (Diehm, Hall) Thus, Japanese hospitals are filled with people who prolong their visits. The hospital treats everyone equally so people may be denied access to a hospital regardless of their condition or situation because the hospital is crowded. (Cooper, Taylor) There was a situation in which someone had suffered a fatal injury and was denied entry to multiple hospitals because they were over-crowded. Japanese people have one fourth the chance to get a heart attack, but are twice as likely to die to one as compared to American or French …show more content…
Clinics in Japan have long lines of people waiting to get their health check up. Studies show that the Japanese citizen visits their doctor fourteen times a year. Japanese people tend to go to a hospital or clinic if they feel like they have any problems because of how cheap health care is in Japan. Doctors are not allowed to charge more than the set price that the government sets for medical procedures and drugs. Due to the low cost and long lines, patients are given 3 minute consultations when they had waited hours to receive their check up. Although Japanese health care is much more cheaper than American health care, it lacks in quality and attention provided to the citizens of its country. (Cooper, Taylor)
Both systems have theirs pros and cons, but they can be improved if they can take from each other. The American healthcare system is too expensive and very inefficient. On the other hand, the Japanese healthcare system is too cheap, and will have to address the arising problems. They are both on the opposite sides of the scale, thus both systems should take from each other in order to reach equilibrium, become a system that is balanced in its cost and