What’s wrong with America?

In the supposedly richest country in the world, 47 million Americans are uninsured and have no access to even basic healthcare. Even those with health insurance are routinely denied treatment by greedy insurance companies.

Now comes more disturbing news.

The U.S. has been ranked last in providing effective healthcare to its citizens, according to a new study of 19 industrialized countries by Commonwealth Fund.

In a study of amenable mortality (i.e. potentially preventable deaths from certain causes before the age of 75 with timely and effective healthcare) published in the Jan/Feb issue of Health Affairs, the authors estimate that 75,000-101,000 deaths could have been averted each year in the U.S. if it had achieved the average of all countries analyzed (except U.S.) or the average of three top-performing countries.

The study included a total of 19 countries. Besides U.S., the survey Continue Reading…