According to Commonwealth Fund, ”The US healthcare system ranks last or next-to-last on five dimensions of a high performance health system: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives." The study also pointed out the lack of Universal Healthcare that was provided by other nations which can impact the result. Our country spends the most in healthcare and yet the result is one of the worst. This looks unacceptable to most Americans, but it’s the truth.
Majority of our doctors does not even have EMR (Electronic Medical Record) set up in place. Even a 3rd world country have that in place for the doctors these days, yet American doctors are still using paper and pen process. This not only brings the problem when patient changes the doctors, it also shaves a lot of doctor's time off on looking at patient's health record all the time.
Over 25 million Americans are under insured. Doctors no longer control how much they charge, the insurance does. And yet almost 10% Americans aren't even insured.
Obama claims to improve the quality and cut the cost on healthcare for everyone. He is going to do it through government intervene by tracking hospital and doctor's data carefully, this way he can improve the quality of the healthcare because the government will have everyone's electronic medical record.
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