Reviewing the Literature and Theory

Reviewing the Literature and Theory

Medicare in United States

United States Health care is offered by various distinct organizations. The health care facilities are owned largely operated and owned by private sector businesses. More than 60% of the hospitals are not for profits, more than 20% are owned by the government, and more than 10% are for profit. About 60-70% of healthcare spending and provisions come from various programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare and children's health insurance program and various other programs that offer health care facilities to the veterans. Most of the American population that is under 60s is provided with insurance by their employers or by their family members for that matter, in some cases, a few purchase insurance plans from insurance companies, while others remain uninsured.

As far as the employees of public sectors are concerned, the health insurance is provided to them by the government. The life expectancy of the United States population is about 78 years. It is positioned at 50th level, among all the other nations in the world. Of all the high income earning nations in the world, according to the National Institutes of Health, the USA, as of 2013 showed a tendency of the highest prevalence of mortality among the infants, along with the lungs and heart diseases, injuries, early age pregnancy, homicides, disabilities and sexually transmitted diseases. With all these issues, the United States of America is now at the very bottom in the life expectancy list.

On the average basis, a United States male is expected to live for four years less than those who reside in top ranking nations, in the world. According to the reports of the WHO (World Health Organization), the government of the United States of America spent more than eight thousand dollars on health expenditures as the percentage of its GDP, than any other nation in the world. The Commonwealth Fund gave United States of America the lowest rankings as far as the quality of health care is concerned, among all the other similar nations in the world. According to the rankings of the Bloomberg, regarding the nations that claim to have the most effective and efficient medical systems, the USA was positioned at the rank of 46 among 48 nations of the world. According to the consensus bureau of the United States of America, about forty nine million of the USA residents were uninsured in 2010.

A report by the institute of medicine of 2004 stated that the United States of America happens to be one of the few industrialized and developed countries in the world that guarantees no access for quality health care for its people. According to another report published by the OECD, all the nations, except for Turkey, Mexico and the United States of America, were successful in achieving universal coverage for their people back in the 90s. According to the very recent evidence, it is demonstrated that the lack in health care insurance has been responsible for unnecessary ...