USA VS UK Healthcare

United States Of America

United Kingdom

American Healthcare

1. 40 millions American have no healthcare insurance.
2. A friend of mine lied down in hospital bed for 2 hours,
he got no cure at all but he received over $1,300 bill.
3. American drugs are too expensive. Many go Canada to buy a   cheap drug.
4. Healthcare is big business in America. It hires a lots of folk.
To me, it's all economic to me. They have to have a big              business with good income in order to love America.

If American healthcare is all run by socialism, it means that many who make big money in healthcare industry will lose their job.

No one can pay the big health care bills (except the very rich) ... the                     
$20,000 and $40,000 and $100,000 bills for major operations.  And a goodly
number of us will need such a procedure in our lifetimes All we can pay for is health insurance.  That means a lot of us will pay
premiums for health care we never have to use.  So, whether we pay for
health care through a private insurance system (as in the U.S.), or a
public system, heavily subsidized (as in Canada), it comes down to the
same thing, in my view.

To me the only question is, which is more efficient, the private or
public systems.  I would argue that the public system is, for a number
of reasons.  Not the least is by having a system that encourages people
to go to the doctor before they get catastrophically sick saves money in
the long run for society as a whole.

The most expensive in the world, the American healthcare system is also riddled with problems and contradictions. In short, the American system is a work in progress, driven by a disparate array of interests with two goals that are often in conflict: providing healthcare to the sick, and generating income for the persons and organizations that assume the financial risk.
The government's annual bill for healthcare spending -- $3,925 per
person -- significantly exceeds that of other nations, because
physicians' salaries and hospital costs are higher, and medical
technology is more widely used.
The transfer of funds among federal and state Medicare and Medicaid
programs is another important component of national healthcare
spending. The American healthcare system is at once the most expensive
and the most inadequate system in the developed world.

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English Healthcare

The UK has a national health service that is based on the principle of free health care for all based on free at the point of service. All children’s and old age pensioners prescriptions and glasses eye tests are free. The health service is payed for by taxpayers as an additional tax on earnings. Due to this there is some abuse by UK residents and many immigrants choose to come to the UK due to this benefit, Many medical professionals appear to forget they are in fact payed by the people they serve and the level of service is not as high as is found in the USA for those who can afford the insurance premiums . The USA health is funded by each individual via insurance contributions often as part of there employment contract often with the employer providing a percentage of the premium and the employee having the other percentage deducted from their salary . It should also be noted that most insurance schemes require a payment by the person at the point of service ( called copay ) this includes doctor visits , prescriptions , blood tests, and most other health related needs. The disadvantage to this system is that only those with sufficient money receive the full medical cover and many of the poorest sections of society are left with little or no cover. There are 2 systems in place that cover old age and the poorest sections of society Medicare and Medicade , but both require the person to apply for them and make them jump through many hoops to obtain cover and coverage mostly only provides the basic cover and little choice in service supplier . There are in addition many charities that provide help to the most needy To provide a comparison is difficult but below I have listed the most obvious advantages and disadvantages with both UK advantages 1 No member of society is left with no medical cover from the cradle to the grave 2 The young and old are given the best of what medicine can offer 3 Preventative medicine is used to improve the overall health of the nation 4 Due to buying power of the NHS the cost of medicines is much lower UK disadvantages 1 The staff who work in the NHS sometimes forget that their patients have payed for the service in taxes 2 Some parts of society monopolise the service and visit doctors due to loneliness 3 The longer term does not look good due to a lower percentage of the population in work paying for an aging population ( the tax required to fund NHS will increase for those in work ) USA advantages 1 The quality of service from staff in healthcare is better due to the consumers choice 2 The range of services is wider and allows for innovation in treatments 3 Due to the copy system consumers will only visit healthcare services when there is a medical need USA disadvantages 1 Only those who can afford insurance receive the best of healthcare and many parts of society are left without cover 2 The cost of medicine is significantly more expensive due to political issues 3 Preventative medicine is not practiced to ensure the nations overall health 4 Children's dental health and eyesight needs are not covered as well 5 Many citizens continue to work after retirement as it is the only way health cover can continue 3