Observer September 9, 2022
The United States, for all it has to offer as a top industrialized country and a global superpower, cannot provide quality healthcare to a majority of its residents. The U.S. healthcare system suffers from many ailments, including a shortage of healthcare workers, poor workplace conditions and disconnected sectors. All this adds up to worse outcomes for patients, as the system leads to inconceivable costs, poor accommodation of patient needs and unequal access to care. The U.S. healthcare system is beyond broken, and many people are now starting to realize this.
However, something more concerning in all of this is that we are the only major industrialized country without universal healthcare, despite how much we spend on it. In fact,...