One more survey about healthcare comparing different countries...US still continues to lead on the dollar page...quality of health care, once you get it is a different story...BD 

U.S. patients were the only ones to report serious problems paying bills (19%). Plus, 30% of patients paid $1,000 or more out-of-pocket over the past year, while the percentage of patients laying out that much in the other six ranged from 4% (Britain) to 19% (Australia). Nearly two out of five U.S. adults and 42% of those with chronic illnesses skipped medications or did not see a doctor when sick because of cost. Those rates are much higher in the U.S. than in any other country.

According to a survey published on Nov. 1 in the journal Health Affairs, one-third of U.S. adults believe that the U.S. health-care system has to be rebuilt completely—double the percentage who want a dramatic overhaul in the six other nations whose residents took part in the survey. The U.S. ranked dead last on the question whether more than minor system changes were needed.  Both high- and low-income respondents had similarly negative views of the U.S. health-care system, Schoen notes.

The U.S. Is Unhappy with Its Health Care

The full survey can be read at commonwealthfund.org.

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