HEALTH CARE

SYSTEM IN
AMERICA

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 OUTLINE
*Itroduction
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*Reason for price rise

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*Public vs private health care system

*Obamas health care plan
*Conclusion QuickTime™ and a
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 INTRODUCTION
7 years the amount that an average american family
ld spend on health care will be $ 38,000 that is ha
Their incomes would be spent on health care.

 Health Care facilities are largely owned and

operated by the private sector.
 15% of the population is completely uninsured an
substantial portion is underinsured.
 More money per person spent on health care in
comparison to other countries.
 WHY THE PRICES
HAVE RISEN
Inefficient insurance
companies are to blame
Consumers arent shopping QuickTime™ and a
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We don’t ration care

Malpractise is the
culprit
A BAR CHART OF SPENDING
AS A % OF GDP

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 PRIVATE VS
PUBLIC
Private Public
 Involvement by  Government
businesses, Involvement.
charitable
organizations or  Coverage is
individuals. universal.
 Coverage excludes
the poor.
 A fee is charged for
 Funding through
the provision of
health services. taxes.

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 AMERICAN VS
CANADIAN HEALTH
CARE
 Health care facilities in America is
largely owned by the private sector
where as Canada’s health care is mostly
publicly-funded.

 Canadians have universal access to

health care but coverage in the U.S.A
depends on the type of insurance an
American has.

 Canada lacks America's high technology,

with about a third of the MRI machines
per capita and far fewer specialists.
 AMERICAN VS
CANADIAN CONT’D
U.S.A spends 1.5 times more money on
health care than Canada as expressed
in % of GDP.

 Canadians have to wait twice as long for

non-emergency care as compared to
Americans.

 Canadians have a longer life expectancy,

lower infant mortality rates and lower
rates of obesity and diabetes than people8
in the United States.
Health Insurance
Status (under age
65)

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 LIFE EXPECTANCY &
SPENDING PER CAPITA

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 OBAMAS HEALTH
CARE PLAN
 Termination of discrimination
 Prevents insurance companies from
dropping coverage

 Caps out of pocket expenses

 Creates a new insurance marketplace
 Provides new tax credits
 immediately offers low-cost coverage to
a national
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CRITICISM
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imposition of rich, standard packages of benefits to all

Americans

The imposition of the doctrine of community rating

Banning consumers from private health care
 PUBLIC VIEWS
 Most Americans dissatisfied.
 Yet apprehension about the
system is counterbalanced
 broad satisfaction among
insured Americans with their own
current quality of care
 Some areas where public wants
change
 Most Americans are dissatisfied with the
costs of the system overall, and apprehensive
about their future expenses — but satisfied
with their own current costs.

Current Satisfaction Among Insured Americans

Satisfied with current costs: 64%
Dissatisfied with current costs: 34%
Future Worries Among Insured Americans
Worried about future affordability: 59%
Not worried about future affordability: 40% 

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SOLUTIONS
*Health informaton
system
*Shared decision
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*Evidance based
research
*New ways of
paying doctors and
hospitals
 CONCLUSIONS
*Only industrialised nation without
universal coverage
*Ongoing debate whether heathcare
should come under public or private
system.
*62- 63% of the public in favour of
public heathcare system
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

http
://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/12/canadas-health-informs-health-care-d
ebate/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_American_health_
care_systems
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care/plan
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/US/healthcare031020_poll.html
http://www.eyeuniversal.com/eyeuniversal/HealthcareSolutions/summary.html
QUESTIONS

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