What do you get for your money?

Shouldn’t the most expensive healthcare in the world also buy you the greatest health in the world? If you pay $600-$1500 per month for a high-deductible health insurance policy for your family, does that mean that you and your family will enjoy better health? Because Americans spend nearly $10,000 per person per year on healthcare—-more than any other country on the planet, double the spending of the U.K., Canada, and Australia-—does this mean that Americans pay more and thereby enjoy better health? Less diabetes, less heart disease, less obesity, fewer cases of autoimmune disease, less arthritis, etc.? Americans pay more for health but also are among the unhealthiest compared to other developed nations. According to an in-depth analysis from The Commonwealth Fund, the health of Americans compares poorly with other wealthy nations with more chronic disease, reliance on prescription medications, hospital procedures, and shorter lifespans. Sure, we do better than third-world countries, but we are at the bottom of the heap compared to other prosperous Western countries. If we pay the most, why aren’t we the healthiest? Where is all this money going? The money goes into the pockets of healthcare insiders, mostly hospital systems, the pharmaceutical industry, the medical device industry. Here, for instance, also from The Commonwealth Fund, is how Americans compare in the number of prescription drugs taken: Americans are not only paying the most, we are the most expl...
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