https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu Made with a warm hug en-us 2017-04-18 15:31:51 UTC 2025-12-18 14:18:34 UTC hello@padlet.com morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166793848 http://healthcare.procon.org/

]]> 2017-04-18 15:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166793848 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166795609 33 million people in the US do not have health insurance. That is 10.4% of the entire population. ]]> 2017-04-18 15:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166795609 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166796339 "The United States, Greece, and Poland are the only countries of the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that do not have universal health care."]]> 2017-04-18 15:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166796339 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166797195 If we had a universal healthcare system it could lower the cost of health care.]]> 2017-04-18 15:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166797195 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166800916 according to a study, under a sing.e-payer system, where all citizens were guaranteed health care, spending could be cut down by $529 billion in the next year and $1.8 trillion over the next decade due to lowered administrative and prescription costs. ]]> 2017-04-18 15:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166800916 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166801056 canada, who has a universal health care system, spends half as much on healthcare than the US.]]> 2017-04-18 15:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166801056 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166801993 "In 2010 the United Kingdom, another country with a right to health care, managed to provide health care to all citizens while spending just 41.5% of what the United States did per capita. "]]> 2017-04-18 16:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166801993 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166802354 The right to health care could save lives.]]> 2017-04-18 16:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166802354 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166802688 in a study conducted by Harvard researchers in 2009, it estimated as many as 45,000 deaths per year are from people not having health insurance or a way to pay for their health.]]> 2017-04-18 16:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166802688 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166803796 There is a 40% increase risk of death among those uninsured.]]> 2017-04-18 16:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/166803796 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167045389 More than 13000 deaths occur each year in those aged 55-64 who are not covered with good health insurance.]]> 2017-04-19 15:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167045389 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167047639 In a 2011 Commonwealth Fund study, they found the U.S. ranked at the bottom of 16 rich nations in terms of preventable mortality.]]> 2017-04-19 15:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167047639 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167048479 "On Dec. 10, 1948 the United States and 47 other nations signed the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The document stated that "everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one's family, including... medical care." ]]> 2017-04-19 15:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167048479 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167049027 In 2005 the U.S. and members of the World Health Organization signed a document that stated that everyone should have access to health care services and should not suffer financial problems when receiving these services.]]> 2017-04-19 15:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167049027 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167051419 The US and Mexico are the only countries of the 34 members of the OECD that do not have universal health care.]]> 2017-04-19 15:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167051419 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167052009 In the US, people are 33% more likely to not have a regular doctor, 25% more likely to have unmet health needs, and are more than 50% more likely to not get the medicines they need, compared to the Canadians who have universal health care.]]> 2017-04-19 15:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167052009 morose20 https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167053060 In 2008 there were more than 11 million uninsured working age americans with things like heart disease and diabetes, and their lack of insurance was associated with less access to care, early disability, and even early death]]> 2017-04-19 15:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/morose20/p0gc0sbs1zzu/wish/167053060