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Jason Guerrero The Dysfunctional U.S. CHHS 302 Health Care System Final Presentation

The U.S. Health Care System: The Issue ❖ The United States health care is only affordable to the lower class, upper- middle class, and the upper class. ❖ In the U.S., uninsured patients pay 100% out-of-pocket services and drugs. ❖ The average expense is $912 dollars per year (Gauld, 2014). ❖ The healthcare system is inaccessible to lower-middle class and middle class due to the high taxes placed on health coverage and over charging for health care plans.

The U.S. Health Care System: Causes ❖ The U.S. health care system is overcharging the people of this country. ❖ Compared to the countries Canada, Germany, and Switzerland, U.S. citizens are charged on average $3,922 more. ❖ The United States healthcare spending is greater for all categories of care, particularly for ambulatory care and administration cost. ❖ For the cost in hospitals/nursing homes the U.S. price is $3,097 per year, while the average price for Switzerland, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan is $1,843 per year.

The U.S. Health Care System: Causes cont. ❖ The price per year for ambulatory care is $2,852. ❖ The average price for Switzerland, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan is $1,207 per year. ❖ Pharmaceuticals and medical goods in the U.S. are $1,105 per year. ❖ The average in Switzerland, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan is $712 dollars per year. ❖ Compared to seven highly profitable countries, the United States is ranked last at 48.2% when regarding public portion of healthcare expenditure (Gauld, 2014).

The U.S. Health Care System: Effects ❖ Compared to the other countries U.S. citizens are paying on average $3,922 more for their health coverage. ❖ With out the flexibility in prices the U.S. is starting to overcharge for health care, making healthcare inaccessible for lower middle and middle class families. ❖ One reason why lower-middle class and middle class families don’t receive health care is because it is postponed for months and even years. ❖ In one study, 47 percent of the uninsured postponed seeking care in a 12-month period because of costs, and 37 percent of them did not fill a prescription because of cost (Cajfrey, 2008).

The U.S. Health Care System: Effects cont. ❖ Patients are forced to make hard decisions on how to pay for treatment, most of these treatments can be life saving. ❖ Having health insurance reduces mortality rates by 10 to 15 percent (Cajfrey, 2008). ❖ It is proven that many people, who experience barriers in access of costs delay or go without necessary health care, can exacerbate existing health conditions. (Cajfrey, 2008). ❖ Patients are at risk because the health care system places restrictions on treatments that they provide. ❖ “FDA advises health care professionals not to alter their current clinical practice of treating depression during pregnancy” (FDA, 2012). ❖ With this advise from the FDA it encourages health care professionals to believe that there is only one way to help depression pregnancies and to not create alternative ways to improve treatment.

The U.S. Health Care System: Proposed Solutions ❖ To find solutions for the problem that the U.S. health care system causes can be found by looking at other countries’ health care systems. ❖ In the United States 48% of the health care system’s money is from the public, while the other 52% is from private spending. ❖ The difference of where the majority of the money comes from public versus private affects the average price of the health care per year. ❖ The United States health care system is dysfunctional on a broad spectrum and in a specific field. ❖ Solutions can be found by encouraging doctors to discover new depression treatments instead of telling them how every single treatment should be done only one way. ❖ Learning new treatments can collect data. The data then can be used to help learn more about depression pregnancies patients.

The U.S Health Care System: Proposed Solutions cont. ❖ Health care in America should be affordable for the majority of the people. ❖ 40% of uninsured Americans are from the lower middle and middle class. ❖ This amount of people in the United States should not be forced to be uninsured due to health coverage cost. ❖ Solutions for this problem start with the money the medical businesses have been holding onto for too long. The money needs to be put towards the people who desperately need it. ❖ The United States should make public and private spending to 70% and 30%, not 50% public and 50% private. ❖ Comparing the United States health care system to other countries, shows how to fix our country’s problems.

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