Universal Health Care System In The United States

The health care system of United States of America is unique among the other developed industrialized countries. The U.S. does not have a uniform health care system. The health care system also has no universal health care coverage. The recently approved legislation mandates the healthcare coverage for almost everyone. The U.S. health care system can best be described as a hybrid system. The health care system of U.S. is delivered by the private sector even if publically funded. Health care in the U.S. is delivered by many different organizations. The health care facilities are largely controlled and operated by the private sector. The (60–65) % of healthcare spending and provision comes from the programs such as the Veterans Health Administration, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicare. The population under age of 67 acquires health insurance by their employer or by the employers of their family members. They either have to but the insurance on their own or they have to live without it. The …show more content…
This spending on health care is highest than any other nation.
(David U., 2016)
The United States had the highest or nearly highest prevalence rate of obesity, infant mortality, lungs and heart disease, car accidents, adolescent pregnancies, injuries, sexually transmitted infections, and homicides. On an average, a male in United States can be expected to live almost four years less than those in the top-ranked country. Although the Americans of 75 years or above live longer than those who reach that age group in the other developed nations.
(National Institutes of Health, 2013)
The USA health care system ranked at the first position among 11 developed nations and declared as most expensive and worst performing system in terms of accessibility to health care facilities equity and efficiency. (Olga Khazan,