The health system in America

Talk about the health system in the United States and the influential role of the insurance companies and the project of President Obama

First, the health services in the United States is one of the unique and advanced services .. But the American health system is much more complex and ambiguous world's health systems, where the system is based on market forces, it pays more gets a higher and better health benefits ... there is a big difference between the level of services health and between the regime, when talking about the system that we mean: comprehensiveness, efficiency and fairness of the system, universal coverage for all segments of society.

Second: The US health system is composed of a government health insurance is to cover the costs by 46% from the government for systematically the "Medi care " through the system (for the elderly), and "Medicaid" (for the poor), as well as private health insurance in exchange for various insurance subscriptions between the worker and the employer.

3. global indicators suggest that the United States of the world's most spent on health services, where Americans spend 17% of their GDP on medical expenses at $ 7,290 per person per year.

However, another poll conducted by Harris Corporation showed that 80% of Americans believe that health services system in the country needs a comprehensive change.

There is no comprehensive health insurance system covers all the population in the United States, and the number of people who do not have health insurance, 15.4% of the total citizens, or about 46.4 million people.