In theġ960s, half of the doctors in the United States worked in primaryĬare. Management, they can reduce unnecessary health care costs. Primary care doctors are the key to improving value-based care:īy focusing on preventive services, care coordination, and disease Two high on the list areĪ shortage of primary care doctors and rising poverty. High-quality care to all those who need it. In the coming years,Īdditional factors will keep our health care system from providing In Baltimore, Chicago, and Los Angeles-and other communitiesĪcross the country-life expectancy for subsets of the population Since 1960, the United States dropped fromġ2th to 46th in infant mortality rankings (below Cuba and Slovenia),Īnd from 16th to 36th in life expectancy (below Cyprus and Chile),Īccording to the CIA’s World Factbook.
2ĭespite such spending, US health indicators are among the worst Growth in nearly every other area of the state budget.
Health care costs rose $1 billion from 2000 to 2007, crowding out In Massachusetts, for example, school employees’ 1 The same is true for federal, state, and General Motors, health care costs put the company at a $5 billionĭisadvantage against Toyota. Not just on individuals-half of all personalīankruptcies are at least partly due to medical The burden of rising health care costs falls The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that health care expenditures will be 25 percent of US GDP by 2025, twice what many developed countries currently expend. We spend far more on health care than any other nation-a breathtaking $2.6 trillion annually, according to a 2011 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Everyone knows the US health care system is in crisis.
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