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The document discusses two problems with the US healthcare system: 1) Current policies may favor economic interests of private companies over public health interests. 2) The US does not have a unified healthcare system, which makes it difficult to understand how services are delivered and financed. It also spends a high amount (nearly 25%) on administrative costs compared to other countries. A second problem is that the US healthcare system is not efficient and spends more than twice as much as other developed countries per person but does not achieve good health outcomes. Affordability is also a major concern for many US residents.

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The document discusses two problems with the US healthcare system: 1) Current policies may favor economic interests of private companies over public health interests. 2) The US does not have a unified healthcare system, which makes it difficult to understand how services are delivered and financed. It also spends a high amount (nearly 25%) on administrative costs compared to other countries. A second problem is that the US healthcare system is not efficient and spends more than twice as much as other developed countries per person but does not achieve good health outcomes. Affordability is also a major concern for many US residents.

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Discussion Board: Discuss two of the problems associated with the United States current

healthcare system

One of the problems associated with the United States current healthcare system is that

current policies and laws do not always favor what most people believe to be best interest of

public health and welfare (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 4). For example, a policy or law

might favor the economic interests of a private, for-profit company over the personal interests of

residents of the community in which the company is located (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017,

p.4).

Another problem associated with the United States, in comparison to other developed

countries, is that the United States does not have a unified health system (Teitelbaum &

Wilensky, 2017, p. 49) and how much money it spends on administration (Teitelbaum &

Wilensky, 2017, p. 70). The lack of having a unified health system makes it difficult to provide a

straightforward overview of how healthcare services are delivered and financed (Teitelbaum &

Wilensky, 2017, p. 49). It is reported that the United States spends close to one-quarter of

healthcare expenditures on administration, which is more than twice what the United States

spends on cardiovascular disease and three times the amount it spends on cancer (Teitelbaum &

Wilensky, 2017, p. 70).

It is believed that the United States does not provide efficient or cost-effective care

(Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 49). On average, the United States spends over twice as much

on health care per person as other developed countries (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 49) and

yet frequently the care provided does not result in good health outcomes (Teitelbaum &

Wilensky, 2017, p. 68), as the United States rates near the bottom on important health outcome

measures such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and adult obesity rates (Teitelbaum &
Wilensky, 2017, p. 49). According to a 2016 survey that included 11 countries, affordability

was a key concern in the United States (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 75). Of those

surveyed, a third of United States residents went without care due to cost, as compared to 7% of

the respondents in England and Germany. Cost barriers to accessing dental care was a major

concern, as well (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017, p. 75).


References

Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2017). Essentials of health policy and law (3rd ed.). Burlin

gton, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning

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