When it comes to health care, the US spends more per citizen for less in the than most way of outcomes than most developed countries. Here’s what Meta AI had to say about it, just focusing on a recent year’s experience:“The US per capita healthcare spending for 2022 was $12,474, marking a 3.84% increase from 2021. This translates to a total healthcare expenditure of $4.5 trillion in 2022, with the country spending 17.3% of its GDP on healthcare ¹ ².
To put this into perspective, the US spends significantly more on healthcare per capita compared to other high-income nations. In fact, the average healthcare spending per person in comparable countries is about half of what the US spends, at $6,651 ³.
Breaking down the US healthcare spending, we see that hospital care accounts for 30% of the total expenditure, followed by physician and clinical services at 20%, and retail prescription drugs at 9%“
Here’s how US stacks up compared to other peer nations:
”The US healthcare system ranks poorly compared to other developed countries. Despite spending nearly twice as much per capita on healthcare, the US has lower life expectancy and worsening health outcomes, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic ¹.
*Key Areas of Concern:*
– _Life Expectancy_: The US has a significantly lower life expectancy compared to peer nations, with a gap of nearly 5 years.
– _Maternal Mortality_: The US has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among developed countries, with significant racial disparities.
– _Premature Deaths_: The US has higher rates of premature deaths, with a notable gap in years of life lost compared to other countries.
– _Patient Safety_: The US performs poorly in some patient safety measures, such as obstetric trauma and post-operative complications.
However, the US does excel in certain areas, including:
– _Preventive Care_: The US ranks high in preventive care, with strong performance in mammography screening, influenza vaccination, and patient engagement.
– _Care Process_: The US ranks second in care process, which includes coordinated care, safe care, and patient preferences.
Overall, the US healthcare system faces significant challenges in providing equitable, affordable, and high-quality care. Addressing these issues will require a multifaceted approach, including investments in social services, improvements in primary care, and reductions in healthcare costs ¹ ².”
As a result of this situation and the excess deaths (you can look this term up, a real rabbit hole on what’s followed the Covid “vaccinations”), the new Administration sought out a long time reformer and critic of the system, RFK, Jr., head of the Children’s Health Defense advocacy group. As soon as he was appointed, the pharmaceutical, medical device, big hospital chain troika started lobbying to oppose RFK’s nomination, as it must win Senate approval to be confirmed. RFK has been a consistent consumer advocate and has opposed the conflict of interests whereby FDA executives and pharmaceutical/medical technology/mega-hospital group executives all play musical chairs and in which as much as 70% of FDA’s budget comes from the very industry that they are designated to “regulate,” as Senator Rand Paul, MD, states, “I think he’s an important voice and been a good voice for reassessing the crony capitalism that has big corporations … particularly Big Pharma, having an undue influence in regulation and approval of their drugs,”
In light of all of this, and, please ask yourself, how often when you watch cable TV or any form of entertainment do you encounter big pharma advertising or “brought to you by Pfizer?”Clearly the industry are one of the most well-represented sectors in the controlled corporate media. This is a personal issue as to whether healthcare is available to us, each of us, and whether or not we want the whole sector run by a cabal of parties profiting from the sale of their products (especially if they can ‘mandate’ them for us) or whether we want the FDA and HHS run in the public, not corporate, interest. Since RFK, Jr. advocates the latter, and is not a conservative, a MAGA Republican or anyone but a true Independent, it is telling to hear what Leftist pundit and talk show host Jimmy Dore says about the smear campaigns which moneyed interests can use to keep a reformer out of office. It is not a long clip, but a telling one: