COMM 2273 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Commonwealth Fund, Universal Health Care
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The rate of those uninsured in the status quo. Kaiser foundation sept. 19, 2017 most uninsured people are low-income people of color who are at higher risk of being uninsured than non-hispanic. Still, millions of people 27. 6 million in 2016 remain uninsured. The commonwealth fund 2017 in an eleven-country study published, the united states came dead last in terms of safety, affordability and efficiency. A majority of the other countries who contributed have uhc. Health law and policy brief american university washington college of law 2014 life expectancy, which is arguably the most important healthcare indicator, is almost one-and-one-half years lower in the united. States (78. 7 years) than the oecd average (80. 1) Health law and policy brief american university washington college of law 2014. We spend more than two-and-one-half times more per capita (,508) than the average amount spent (,322) by the thirty-four countries in the. Less power to insurance moguls, more power to the.