What are some possible cures for the United States current healthcare crisis?
Cost effective solutions to the American health care system For a rich and large country like United States of America or its 50 states to provide a decent health care system with modern medicine for all its population, it must take into consideration all the points discussed in the previous pages. There are only three possibilities on which a health care system can be based. 1. A system that is only privately funded. 2. A system that is a combination of private and public funds. 3. A system that is only publicly funded but can also include ‘top up insurance’ for those who can afford it, special procedures and exceptions like jumping the queue for a surgery. Number 1 is not an option as the health care system will become money driven with ever escalating health care costs, and it will become unsustainable in a short period of time. Hence number 2 and 3 are the only options as long as the health care system is not fragmented and covers the whole population in America. A cost effective A
