US comes up way short in health care again

[Riot]

64 out of 100.

This is why private health insurance sucks. The idea that you'll pay someone a stipend, and they will pay for your health care if you need it - but they only make money if they do NOT pay for your healthcare - is ridiculous.

We need single payer, national health care, now. Everyone gets health care in the US.



Overview

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive assessments of U.S. population health and health care quality, access, efficiency, and equity. It finds substantial improvement on quality-of-care indicators that have been the focus of public reporting and collaborative initiatives.

However, U.S. health system performance continues to fall far short of what is attainable, especially given the enormity of public and private resources devoted nationally to health.

Across 42 performance indicators, the U.S. achieves a total score of 64 out of a possible 100, when comparing national rates with domestic and international benchmarks.

Overall, the U.S. failed to improve relative to these benchmarks, which in many cases rose. Costs were up sharply, access to care deteriorated, health system efficiency remained low, disparities persisted, and health outcomes failed to keep pace with benchmarks.

The Affordable Care Act targets many of the gaps identified by the Scorecard.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publ...Best-2011.aspx