Ask Colleen King

While Americans continue to brag about their marvelous levels of care, well at least some Americans, our quality apparently isn’t up to snuff.

Life expectancies, hospitalization rates, cost of care, we’re trailing on an international level. America rates well in cancer care though, according to this article. Switzerland’s system is touted as being effective, and significantly reduced cost, but scroll down to the comments and you will see that while they do have a private insurance system, reimbursement for care and insurance rates are highly regulated. Payments are based on a fee schedule. Take 2 minutes and read this article I found on California Healthline, and you’ll find some interesting statistics on the costs involved with health.

Also interesting is how lack of access is cited as a big problem in the US, not obesity, smoking, etc., the usual suspects.

So what do you think?

Tags: No Comments