U.S. first lady Jill? Biden has been diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection with mild symptoms. Close contacts of the first lady have been notified that she will remain at her private home in South Carolina and then return to Washington after two consecutive negative tests. Jill? Biden is vacationing in South Carolina with her family, which also includes Biden. The Bidens have widely encouraged Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus to help protect themselves and their loved ones.
The United States has some of the highest health care costs in the world, with total health spending at 18 percent of GDP. About 15 percent of the population still has no medical protection whatsoever. Average life expectancy is the lowest among OECD countries. The Obamacare bill passed in 2010 worked to address health insurance for the uninsured. Since its implementation, while the uninsured population has decreased and aspects such as improving the quality of care have not met expectations and are likely to be eliminated, the U.S. health care system is an exception. Unlike developed economies such as European countries, Canada, and Japan, which have generally established social health insurance systems that cover the entire population, the U.S. government-led social health insurance focuses on the protection of the elderly and vulnerable groups, while working people's health insurance is focused on protecting the elderly and vulnerable groups. provided by commercial insurance organizations.
The reason why the total cost of health care in the U.S. is as high as 18% of GDP is because the government does not provide social health insurance for the entire population, and commercial health insurance, a government-led system, inevitably results in high costs due to profits. Doctors in the United States are free-lance practitioners, most of whom are independent practitioners, not hospital employees. They use only hospital beds, equipment and nursing staff to diagnose and treat patients. The doctors are billed separately from the hospital for their care. Due to the constant demand for health care services and insurance payment methods, physicians, health care providers, and others in the United States have developed more organizational and cooperative models with each other. ?