Analyzing the Performance of the U.S. Healthcare System

Abstract

Despite being the most overfunded in the world, the U.S healthcare system underperforms in key aspects of health care services including access, efficiency, quality, and equity. With the federal government spending in excess of $2 trillion per year on health care, a huge percentage of the US citizens have no access to medical coverage. The greatest beneficiaries of the US health care system are the private companies who provide medical insurance cover as well as provision of health facilities. As a result, the health costs have significantly increased making it less affordable to the unemployed. According to privatization of the health care in the United States has led to increased prices for health services as well as medication [1]. This has in turn led to decreased accessibility of the health services since only those who are insured can afford the health care services.