The backward state of US Healthcare

[t_polkow]

All driven by corperate profits

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - if people can't afford Obamacare - the gov't. oughta pay fer it...

WHO: People Needing Health Care Should Not Go Broke
August 15, 2013 — The World Health Organization says everybody should have access to the health care services they need without risking financial ruin. This year’s World Health Report urges countries to provide universal health coverage tailored to their peoples’ specific needs.

In 2005, all 194 member states of the World Health Organization committed themselves to achieving universal health coverage. However, relatively few countries have achieved this goal and most people in the world have to pay out of pocket for the health care they need. WHO says services provided by universal health coverage should include prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care. Coverage should encompass health care in communities, health centers and hospitals. Since health needs differ from one country to another, the report says each nation must create a system of universal health coverage specifically tailored to its needs. Christopher Dye, lead author of the report, is director of WHO's Office of Health Information, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases.

He said countries must invest in local research to know what kind of universal health coverage would work best for them. For example, he said nearly half of all HIV-infected people eligible for anti-retroviral therapy are receiving it. But, he said research is needed to determine how the other half will be eligible to receive this life-saving treatment. “Let me give you another example with respect to the way in which people pay for health care," he said. "Every year approximately 150 million people in the world suffer catastrophic health expenditure. That is they have to pay out of their own pockets for health care to a degree that they cannot possibly afford. So, how do we put in place mechanisms for financial risk protection, which will ensure that catastrophic health expenditures are reduced to a minimum?”

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, receives an ultrasound at the Shanghai Children's Hospital in Shanghai

The report shows how research can help countries develop a system of universal health coverage that addresses their health issues and ensures their citizens can obtain the services they need without suffering financial hardship. The U.N. health agency said research should be done in low- and high-income countries because the poorer countries have special problems they have to work out for themselves. It says answering these questions is not a luxury but a necessity. The thorny question of how countries can finance universal health coverage, especially during a time of economic austerity, runs throughout this report.

Dr. Dye noted a number of northern European countries have made the decision to continue supporting their social and health services during this period of financial distress. He said this decision is paying off in better health for their people. “Saving money on health care is often a false kind of economy. If you save money on health care in the short term, you may end up spending more in the long term. So, cutting the cost of health budgets is not an enlightened policy,” he said. Acknowledging escalating costs, Dr. Dye said provisions for health care must be made within a limited budget during times of relative financial stability, as well as of economic austerity. He said governments need to make greater effort to reign in run-away expenses and make health care services more cost-effective and beneficial.

WHO: People Needing Health Care Should Not Go Broke

 

[Old Rocks]

President Theodore Roosevelt laid out the arguement for healthcare for this nation over a century ago. Yet, because of a toxic ideology, 'Conservatives' would rather see people die and children go without adaquete health care than cut into the undeserved profits of people like Rick Scot, whose company defrauded the government out of billions of dollars with Medi-Care scams. How do 'Conservatives' really feel about their fellow Americans?

Tea partiers cheer to let uninsured die, Ron Paul says let churches help | Rick Perry 2012 Campaign for President? News and updates | a Chron.com blog

When debate moderator Wolf Blitzer brought up a hypothetical young, uninsured American in a coma, he asked, “Are you saying society should just let him die?” and the tea party crowd cheered, some shouting, “Yes!”

 

[francoHFW]

O-care finally fixes it, thank God. Mass care proves it. We finally join the modern world and will be able to compete again. lol