The US healthcare system continues to lag far behind other high-income countries, an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund shows.
The percentage of Americans able to access quality healthcare hit a new low of 55% in 2024, according to the West Health-Gallup Healthcare Affordability Index. Affordability of healthcare has become one of the top issues ahead of the 2024 US presidential election.
It has retained its dismal ranking since 2004, when the nonprofit launched its surveys.
Ten nations, including Australia, Britain, Canada and the USA, were compared on healthcare system aspects such as access, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health outcomes.
The USA showed the worst overall performance despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other nation (16% of its GDP in 2022), making the high profit pharma industry the culprit.
The so-called Land of the Free ranked lowest in both accessibility and healthcare outcomes, with 26 million Americans having no insurance, and 25% of the working age population under insured.
As inflation fuels costs, over 40% of Americans spent at least $1,000 on healthcare out-of-pocket last year, per the survey. At 77.5 years, US life expectancy is over four years below the 10-country average (the same as sanction-riddled Iran).
The USA has the highest rates of preventable and treatable deaths for all ages. Over 107,000 people died from overdoses in 2023 amid a raging substance abuse crisis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 43,000 gun-related deaths in 2023, according to a report by the National Institute of Health Care Management. Recent surveys indicate that healthcare is among the top priorities for voters in the November presidential election.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point Health News 2024.
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