In the throes of a pandemic, it feels safe to assume that countries with the means to call themselves a global superpower would ensure its citizens had sufficient access to healthcare services. When that country is the U.S. though, this is not the case. Over the course of the last year and a half, millions of people have lost their jobs — and by default, their health insurance. Although the U.S. has never been a beacon of excellent health care (especially if your job doesn’t provide it), there’s now more evidence that exposes how dysfunctional our system really is.
A new survey that ranked the healthcare systems of 11 high-income countries placed the United States dead last, trailing behind Canada, France and the U.K., reported CNN. Reasons for its low ranking included the lack of universal healthcare and difficulty getting “high-value” services. To put it simply, it’s too damn expensive and has put way too many people into medical debt.
