Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

If you aren't yet CERTAIN that we need a major overhaul of our healthcare system, read this. Here's the 25-cent tour:
1. We spend the most. (actually twice as much)
2. We don't pay doctors according to the quality of their care.
3. Our wait times are low because many of us aren't getting care at all.
4. Most of us don't have a regular physician. One might expect, given what we pay, that our care would at least be more central and convenient.
5. Our care isn't particularly convenient. Nor is medical service more convenient for Americans to access.
6. Our doctors don't listen to us.
7. We have high rates of chronic conditions. Aside from the surprisingly unhealthy Australians, Americans have the highest rate of chronic disease.
8. … But we're not treating them properly.
9. We're frequent victims of medical, medication, and lab errors.
10. Most of us are dissatisfied with our current system.

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