Re: U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study


"Jack" <threepontoon@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9f462827-88c7-446b-b3b0-9c533268e9aa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jun 23, 8:40 pm, Wayne.B <waynebatrecdotbo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:21:17 -0700, "nom=de=plume"





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>"Harry" <whybot...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study

>> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans spend twice as much as residents of >> other
>> developed countries on healthcare, but get lower quality, less >> efficiency
>> and have the least equitable system, according to a report released on
>> Wednesday.

>> The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries --
>> Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the
>> Commonwealth Fund report found.

>> "As an American it just bothers me that with all of our know-how, all >> of
>> our wealth, that we are not assuring that people who need healthcare >> can
>> get it," Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis told reporters in a
>> telephone briefing.

>> Previous reports by the nonprofit fund, which conducts research into
>> healthcare performance and promotes changes in the U.S. system, have >> been
>> heavily used by policymakers and politicians pressing for healthcare
>> reform.

>> Davis said she hoped health reform legislation passed in March would >> lead
>> to improvements.

>> The current report uses data from nationally representative patient >> and
>> physician surveys in seven countries in 2007, 2008, and 2009. It is
>> available here

>> In 2007, health spending was $7,290 per person in the United States, >> more
>> than double that of any other country in the survey.

>> Australians spent $3,357, Canadians $3,895, Germans $3,588, the
>> Netherlands $3,837 and Britons spent $2,992 per capita on health in >> 2007.
>> New Zealand spent the least at $2,454.

>> This is a big rise from the Fund's last similar survey, in 2007, which
>> found Americans spent $6,697 per capita on healthcare in 2005, or 16
>> percent of gross domestic product.

>> "We rank last on safety and do poorly on several dimensions of >> quality,"
>> Schoen told reporters. "We do particularly poorly on going without >> care
>> because of cost. And we also do surprisingly poorly on access to >> primary
>> care and after-hours care."

>> NETHERLANDS RANKED FIRST OVERALL

>> The report looks at five measures of healthcare -- quality, >> efficiency,
>> access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, >> productive
>> lives.

>> Britain, whose nationalized healthcare system was widely derided by
>> opponents of U.S. healthcare reform, ranks first in quality while the
>> Netherlands ranked first overall on all scores, the Commonwealth team
>> found.

>> U.S. patients with chronic conditions were the most likely to say they
>> gotten the wrong drug or had to wait to learn of abnormal test >> results.

>> "The findings demonstrate the need to quickly implement provisions in >> the
>> new health reform law," the report reads.

>> Critics of reports that show Europeans or Australians are healthier >> than
>> Americans point to the U.S. lifestyle as a bigger factor than >> healthcare.
>> Americans have higher rates of obesity than other developed countries, >> for
>> instance.

>> "On the other hand, the other countries have higher rates of smoking,"
>> Davis countered. And Germany, for instance, has a much older >> population
>> more prone to chronic disease.

>> Every other system covers all its citizens, the report noted and said >> the
>> U.S. system, which leaves 46 million Americans or 15 percent of the
>> population without health insurance, is the most unfair.

>> "The lower the performance score for equity, the lower the performance >> on
>> other measures. This suggests that, when a country fails to meet the >> needs
>> of the most vulnerable, it also fails to meet the needs of the average
>> citizen," the report reads.

>It's Obama's fault for even trying to fix things... duhhh...

Of course you know, as an expert on the rule of law, that:

1. This discussion has no business in a boating group.

2. The legal system is badly in need of tort reform, one of the
leading causes of high medical expenses.

3. There is no chance of #2 any time soon.

A quote from the article: "reports by the nonprofit fund, which
conducts research into
healthcare performance and promotes changes in the U.S. system..."

Does anyone seriously think there's any chance at all that their
"study" would have any other outcome than the one they want and are
actively promoting?

~snerk~


Well, who do you think you can believe??? Faux News maybe?


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