info@ehidc.org

 202-624-3270

9 things Americans need to learn from the rest of the world’s health care systems

Policy

  • Policy

    Stay up to date with what's happening with healthcare policy and how it affects stakeholders.

9 things Americans need to learn from the rest of the world’s health care systems

January 29, 2020

9 things Americans need to learn from the rest of the world’s health care systems

So the dissatisfying answer to “so what can the US learn from these other countries’ successes?” is: It’s complicated. But my hope for this series is it would speak to the kinds of values and strategies, if less the specific policies, that are necessary to achieve universal health care.

Every health system is different. But all of them, except ours, have figured out a way to make being uninsured or going bankrupt over medical bills a thing of the past. The US can do better.

The full Vox article can be viewed at this link.  

 

Share