Catching Up To Do Health Care in the United States

Despite being number 2 in the world in per-capita spending on health care, the United States health system ranks 39th out of 191 countries, according to the WHO (1).  A 2013 study by National Academy of Sciences determined the US ranked 17 out ...of 17 affluent nations. Furthermore, the US is one of the only countries in the developed world that does not have a public option or universal health system (3.) 

The Affordable Care Act will not fix this problem and neither will repealing it with no alternatives. We need to get rid of employer-based plans, link compensation to quality of care, and have more transparency as to where our per-capita spending is going.

 

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems

 

2. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13497

 

3. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/heres-a-map-of-the-countries-that-provide-universal-health-care-americas-still-not-on-it/259153/