The article emphasizes the failures of the American healthcare system, highlighting its exorbitant costs and lack of guaranteed access for all citizens. Despite spending significantly more on healthcare than other nations, the US remains the only developed country that does not guarantee healthcare as a human right. This inadequate system leads to severe consequences, including high rates of financial ruin from medical debt and tragic statistics on mortality and life expectancy. The situation is even more dire in primary care, with many communities lacking basic medical services, exacerbating the problem.
The American healthcare system is broken. It is outrageously expensive and horrifically cruel, resulting in 68,000 deaths each year due to lack of access to care.
We spend almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as any other country, but remain the only major country not guaranteeing healthcare as a human right.
42% of cancer patients deplete their entire life savings within two years of diagnosis, demonstrating the financial devastation caused by our broken healthcare system.
In terms of life expectancy, Americans live four years shorter than those in other wealthy countries; the working-class live seven fewer years than the wealthy.
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