The US once again ranked last in access to health care, equity and outcomes among high-income countries, despite spending a far greater share of its economy on health care, a new report released Wednesday has found.
The nation has landed in the basement in all seven studies the Commonwealth Fund has conducted since 2004. The US is the only one of the 11 countries surveyed not to have universal health insurance coverage.
While the latest data does not reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it lays out the strengths and weaknesses of each country’s health care system when Covid-19 hit the world in early 2020.
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