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France's foreign doctors suffer insecurity as understaffed
hospitals struggle to function

Americans will soon go to France and Canada for their health care. Even
the wealthy aren't being sufficiently served by the failed for profit
system based on greed. We can thank Trump for another failure of the
American way.


Exclusive: More Than 70% of Americans Feel Failed by the Health Care
System
3 minute read
By Jamie Ducharme
May 16, 2023 11:08 AM EDT

More than 70% of U.S. adults feel the health care system is failing to
meet their needs in at least one way, according to new data from the
Harris Poll, shared exclusively with TIME.
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Despite spending more money per capita on health care than any other
wealthy country in the world, the U.S. struggles to match other nations in
life expectancy and other health outcomes. The new Harris Poll survey,
which was conducted from February to March 2023 and commissioned by the American Academy of Physician Associates, shows that patient satisfaction
is also suffering due to the high costs, inaccessibility, and confusing logistics of U.S. medical care.


More than half of the roughly 2,500 U.S. adults who took the survey graded
the U.S. health care system a “C” or below. When asked about factors that prevent people in the U.S. from getting care, cost was the most common criticism, followed by the system’s focus on profits, inaccessibility of insurance coverage, and confusion around what is covered by insurance.

Many respondents pointed to similar problems when asked about their own personal issues with the medical system. Only 27% of people who took the
survey said the U.S. medical system meets all of their needs, while the
rest listed complaints including how long it takes to get an appointment
(31% of respondents), high costs (26%), limitations of insurance coverage (23%), and subpar focus on preventive care and wellness (19%).

Those complaints seem to be keeping at least some would-be patients away
from the doctor’s office. More than a fifth of people surveyed said they
don’t see a single health care provider on a regular basis, and 44% said
they’d skipped or delayed needed care in the past two years. Among those
who skipped or delayed appointments, 40% said they did so because of
costs, while 30% said they couldn’t take time away from work, family, or
other obligations.

The survey did, however, suggest some bright spots and paths forward. More
than 75% of survey participants said that providers work with them to
improve their health, more than 70% said they want stronger relationships
with their providers, and more than 65% said they believe their health
would improve if they regularly worked with a trusted provider—responses
that suggest Americans haven’t totally given up on the system, despite
their frustrations.

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