In addition, an article journal on American Medical Association illuminates the failure of the United States medical system in offering appropriate medical care for Americans. According to World Health Prosperity, several people accredit poor health to American’s terrible habits, and Starfield (2000) argues unhealthy lifestyles is not a cause compared to their counterparts. He gives an example of smokers whereby only 28% male Americans smoked making it the third best nation. This organization argues that the medical system significantly played a big role in undermining the health of Americans. World Health Prosperity argues that in the last decade, several researches show that 225000 Americans die annually because of their medical treatments. The research shows that 12000 annual deaths are due to unnecessary surgeries, 7000 annual death due to medical errors in hospitals, 20000 annual deaths due to other hospital errors In addition, 80000 annual deaths due to hospital infections, and 106000 annual deaths due to negative drug effects. These deaths confirm that America’s healthcare-system induced deaths are the third leading death causes in America. In addition, another key leading problem in America’s health system is the lack of insurance for many people as well as both social and economic …show more content…
It is clear that both the World Prosperity Organization and IOM feel the urgent need for health care reforms. Both organizations agree on the increased costs, lack of skills, and human error in health care playing a big role to its effectiveness. In order to reform the health care sector, both organizations argue that this profession’s education needs a major reform. This reform may help in reducing the human error while increasing the number of physicians required especially in the rural areas. In addition, both organizations feel the urgent need to improve the insurance plan because research shows that many Americans have no medical cover, which makes access to a proper health care almost impossible. However, the American government continues looking for a solution to the health care problem although this has proved