Hsa 500 Week 4 Discussion Financing Health Care

Discussion Financing Health Care The U.S Healthcare system is the most expensive in the world, where in 2011, it spend 17.2 of GDP on healthcare. This was nearly double the average of what other industrialised countries spend in their healthcare system. The US healthcare is the most expensive among the industrialised nations and this can partly explain which it is a high proportion of the GDP. However, despite such high amounts of money being spent on financing healthcare, the citizens have little to show for it. Firstly, the US healthcare system has been unable to offer universal healthcare to its citizens. Consequently, there are rules, which restrict those who qualify to be insured by the government. In this case, many people do not qualify to be insured, which is a bad ramification to thousands of people who deserve to be insured. However, those who are covered are assured of comprehensive medical cover, which is one of the best among the developed countries. In the recent years, there have been concerns over the high healthcare expenditure by the government in the face of other competitive national interests. The US2.8 trillion healthcare expenditure has ripple effects on the economy and many view