The Health Of The United States

Reinvest current net income into interest accounts for future variable health care costs for years to come

The United States was once one of the most healthiest countries in the world ranking second, but after some years the United States has plummeted to rank thirty-seven. The current problem of poor health in the United States is caused by the United States government’s lack of innovation in keeping America healthier that has damaged every American’s evolution to stay healthy in the day and age of technology. According to The State of Obesity there are now four states that have over thirty-five percent of their citizens who are obese, all states having above twenty percent obesity rates and thirty percent in twenty-five states. All together over thirty-five percent of the United States population is obese (including super obese) that and of

If we compare the health care financing of past and that of recent times, there exists a dramatic shift in the trends of the issue. In the past times, the

more on healthcare than any other country. In the first quarter of 2014 healthcare spending rose 9.9%,

Healthcare spending growth rate trends show astounding estimates. Since 1960, spending has risen from $27 billion ($143 per capita, 5.1% pf GDP) to amazing $1,678.9 billion ($5,670 per capita, 15.3% of GDP, 2003 data) (HHS, 2005). Recent research estimated that by 2013, healthcare spending will be as high as 18.4% of the Growth Domestic Product. It is important to note that the gradual move from hospital to ambulatory setting has resulted in much higher spending on outpatient hospital services and prescription drugs. The spending growth for these two trends is much higher than the overall healthcare cost growth, which, in fact, increases faster than such important economic indicators as GDP growth, inflation growth, and population growth rates.

In June of 2011, the National Coalition on Health Care reported healthcare spending reached 18.2% of US Gross Domestic Product (GDP), up by 5.1% from the prior year (The National Coalition on Health Care, 2011, p. 1). With a continued climb in spending,

With the huge diversity and changeability of human biology, it is impossible to imagine a reality without some mutations, changes, or issues in the organs and tissues of humans. Thus, it rightly follows that medications and pharmaceuticals have been created in an effort to counteract the various ailments and illnesses that people can experience. However, as time has gone on and these pharmaceuticals have become more and more high-tech, regulated, and trusted, they have also become incredibly commercialized. Worse still, medications have become incredibly expensive and can be unattainable for some people.

In 2010, the United States health care spending grew 3.9 percent. The total health care expenditures reached $2.6 trillion, which translates to $8,402 per person or 17.9 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Health care spending plays a major role in shaping our country's health care system. Financing health care influences how people access health care, the types of health care provided, and how the cost of health care is distributed among members of society by income and by health status. The United States has been in a recession for much of the past decade, resulting in higher unemployment and lower incomes for many Americans. (Wikipedia)

Clearly, health care in the United States has become far too expensive, we spend more on health care than any other country in the world. Recent data indicates that we spend over two trillion dollars annually on health care, representing over seventeen percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and these numbers are growing fast. It is estimated that by the year 2025 health care spending will be twenty-five percent of the US GDP. This spending level is over two and a half times more per capita than the average of the thirty four countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which includes most of the developed countries of the world. Yet, despite these high levels of spending, of the countries in the OECD only the United States, Turkey, and Mexico do not have universal healthcare coverage for their citizens.

The United States health status is impacted by a combination of individual behaviors, environmental factors, personal lifestyles and choices, public policy and clinical care (Shi & Singh, p.44). Several factors play a vital role in affecting health status of individuals and communities. Whether individuals are healthy or not is determined by their circumstances and the environment (WHO, 2014). Factors such as housing status, the state of the environment, one’s income and educational background, social network have a greater impact on health According to the CDC, National Vital Statistics Reports (2011), “a total of 2,437,167 residents of the United States deaths were recorded in 2009; yielding 793.8 death per 100,000 U.S. standard population

The future of health care will be impacted by the population, need, demand and utilization of services. The United States is facing unprecedented growth in older adults and decrease rate of new birth rates that will tax the health care system. In 2020 the U.S. is predicted to have 3.4 million new retirees while younger cohorts are shrinking and this trend will continue to expand into 2050 when the population over 65 is expected to rise 21.6 percent because of the expected 78 million baby boomers retiring (Longevity, 2011). In addition, the fertility rate has declined over the last 40 years due to increase in female labor force, marital dissolutions, economic, average age of first marriage, reduced desired family size, education and social

According to a BusinessWire report Kaiser spent between 2.7 billion and 3.5 billion annually since 2010. As of 2014 Kaiser’s California hospitals are come into come compliance with the new standards ("Fitch Affirms Kaiser Permanente (CA) Revs at 'A+/F1'; Outlook Stable," 2015).

According to the OECD (2017) the healthcare spending in the United States in 2013 had increased about 1.5%, but had lower level in the crisis category. Then looking at the GDP in the United States in 2013 increased about 16.4%. The per capita in the United States spent an average of about

In the past, health care costs has been between 1% and 2.25%, greater than the potential gross domestic product (GDP) (Congressional budget office, 2013).

The expense rate of health care can increase rapidly and the growth for expanding enrollment will be a factor. The changes under the health care reform is projected to reduce five hundred and sixty three billion from the growth of Medicare over a decade. The saving converts into cuts because of the possibility to reduce Medicare spending and growth. If the spending continue to increase there will be a large amount of cuts in payments to physician that takes effect. But if a plan arise to offer Medicare savings from the health care reform and with payments increase for doctors rather than cuts, Medicare will spend over a billion in the years to