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One important aspect to consider when analyzing a health care system is the people. How do people feel about the health care system in the USA? Most people would say that they feel that the American health care system is failing them. “More than 70% of U.S. adults feel the health care system is failing to meet their needs in at least one way.” Some of the issues that people complain about the US health care system are profit driven structure, inability to get insurance coverage, complicated information about what is covered by insurance, ineffective administrative services, etc. There are many issues with the American health care system. People have been complaining about this broken system and the many issues it entails for a long time. However, the system remains broken, and people’s feelings remain unchanged. People using insurance in the USA need to deal with many problems. People go on the internet to share their experiences about how many problems they go through just to get medical treatment.

Medical treatment is a necessity that everyone needs to survive. In this country, money is a big issue that stands in between people being able to get the treatment that they need. Unfortunately, many people who are unable to get health insurance will have to pay out of pocket for medical expenses. Then the medical expenses can start to pile up and people can get into an unbelievable amount of debt because of the extremely expensive medical bills. People who need treatment and have no money will unfortunately be unable to get free treatment from a provider. Instead, they will be forced to take out loans or seek an alternative solution. Providers can refuse services to anyone unable to afford the medical bills. This medical system was created to help the American people have access to the medical treatments that they need. However, many Americans feel like the system is taking advantage of them and that it is focused on making more profits. Additionally, there needs to be more done to address the concerns of the American people. Citizens of other countries have access to better systems than the American ones. People from other countries feel valued as they can receive medical treatments without having to worry about going into debt or being unable to pay the bills. There has been little to no improvement or any changes to address these complaints. This system continues to operate disregarding how the American people feel.

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The affordability of Health Insurance for Americans is one of the biggest issues that they are dealing with. USA is a wealthy and successful country. The USA spends more money on healthcare per person than other less wealthy countries. “In 2022, the United States spent an estimated $12,742 per person on healthcare… Switzerland was the second highest-spending country with $9,044 in healthcare costs per capita.” The USA is the spends a lot more money on healthcare per person than other countries. However, the utilization rate or the number of healthcare services used in the USA is not much higher than in these other countries. This data suggests that the healthcare services are more expensive in the USA. This results in a higher spending by the US government on healthcare for Americans. However, the higher spending is the USA does not mean that there are more services being offered to Americans than other citizens. There are many factors why health care services cost more in the USA than in other countries. These include highly complicated healthcare system, rising drug costs, higher salaries for medical professionals, inefficient administrative processes, and more. “The United States spends over $1,000 per person on administrative costs — almost five times more than the average of other wealthy countries and more than it spends on long-term healthcare.” This shows that the healthcare system in America is more broken than people really know. There are many problems that this system in America is dealing with. The price is passed on to the consumer because America does not have a national health care system that gives all the American citizens access to free or affordable health care. The American people need to deal with insurance companies and try to understand the complexity of the health care system. Where they encounter additional problems that they need to deal with. That is why the American health care system is one of the most broken systems in the world. Even though America has one of the best economies in the world, the health care system is broken and needs a lot of work. American people have been complaining about this health care system for a long time. This will be a crucial factor for Americans voting in the upcoming election. There has been little change to this system even though many people are aware of these problems.

Higher spending on healthcare can be good. However, the data shows that the USA spends more money overall on health care than other countries but with lower health results. “The United States actually performs worse in some common health metrics like life expectancy, infant mortality, unmanaged diabetes, and safety during childbirth.” The health care spending in the USA is higher than other countries in administrative costs but lower on long term health care. This shows the inefficiency of this system because most of the money is not being used towards paying bills for medical services. Instead, they are being wasted on administrative services.

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The audiences for my blog are people who want to know more about health care industries. There are many countries around the world that all have health care that operates differently. Many countries are successful in managing their health care systems. There are some countries, however, that have people who want a better system. Health care is a necessity. This means that people from all over the world are interested in learning about the best health care options. People could be happy with their government and health care system. They could also be wanting changes to be done to the available health care options by their government or private health insurance companies. I know that the audience are people who want to learn more about this topic. They want to have more information available to them to determine whether the health care options available to them are a good choice. They will be able to compare different health care systems from around the world. They will be able to identify what are important factors that make a health care system good or bad. They will be given examples of how the consumers of certain health care options feel about their system. Knowing more information about what makes a health care system more successful is important. This helps the audience to make the best choices when deciding on a health care provider. This helps them to learn more about what options people from around the world have when it comes to choosing a health care plan. This blog will focus on important differences in health care plans around the world. The information will be broken down to help readers understand how this affects them.

Value hypothesis: 70% of people are unable to recognize what makes a health care system more effective for the public.

Growth hypothesis: From a sample of people that are more exposed to other health care systems around the world, 50% of them will be able to recognize what makes a health system operate better.

Most people are unable to differentiate a good health care system from a bad one. This is because there can be a lot of information found about how people feel regarding their health care system. Information about the health care systems themselves is difficult to find. This makes health care a complicated subject where people feel like their health care options are bad. Having more knowledge about how different some health care plans from around the world can be, is helpful in knowing the reasons behind some plans being more successful.

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