The tragic and senseless killing of the United Health Care CEO has unleashed a storm of criticism of our health care system. We rank very poorly among developed countries in life expectancy while spending much more on health care.
Our health care so-called system consists of hospitals, provider entities and insurance companies all vying to maximize profit and a politics that is driven to maximizing campaign contributions. Obamacare, although not perfect, attempted to fix some of the issues, but the efforts by Republicans to eliminate it block needed improvements.
For a well insured person, health care can be the best in the world here. For those who cannot afford insurance or only afford incomplete coverage, health care can be a nightmare of denied coverage or avoiding care until it is too late. Then there is the unavailability of care in rural communities or inner cities where hospitals closed because of financial pressures.
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People needlessly die.
Most of developed countries have health care that is based on universal health coverage (health care as a right), government run or highly regulated, focused on promoting healthy behaviors and successful outcomes. We could copy the best practices of the most successful. But that would be socialism according to the right to life (life=profits) Republican Party.
Joseph Geck, Waukesha
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