Health Care in the United States: Current Perspectives, Future Directions

Authors

  • J. Anthony Gomes Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Consultative Service and Senior Consultant, The Mount Sinai Medical Center & Icahn School of Medicine, The Zena and Michael A. Wiener, Cardiovascular Institute and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Center for Cardiac Electrophysiology, Box 1030, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12970/2311-052X.2015.03.02.3

Keywords:

 Cost containment, Health care, Computrization.

Abstract

Health care in the United States (US) is undergoing major changes. Although high end health care is probably the best in the world, primary care has been badly lacking, not to mention that in 2010, there were approximately 50 million Americans without health insurance. In 2014, The Commonwealth Fund ranked the US last among the developed countries including Canada and Australia; however we were the first in expenditure. Medicare and Health accounts for 27% of the Federal Budget, and the annual US Health care spending by households, businesses, and the government is due to reach over 3 trillion dollars in 2015. This article reviews and suggests cost containment strategies, the pros and cons of consolidation of health care, and the future of computerized medicine.

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Published

2015-12-03

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Articles