Amazing U.S healthcare: medical ERROR is now 3rd highest cause of death

[toddtervy]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/20/224507654/how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-u-s-hospitals

To add insult to injury healthcare costs are higher by some 1300% over the past 40 or so years, in the same period median wages only increased by 25%.  This gives us some idea of the scam that makes up much of the healthcare system.

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[Lauda]

Well this is rather surprising. I did not expect the numbers to be so high. Obviously the system is flawed.
When you go to a doctor you expect treatment but you get mistreatment. I guess this is one of the reasons why one shouldn't move to the U.S. I'm going to assume that other countries have better numbers.

[H.W.Z]

"Mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that we're just not catching," says Dr. Albert Wu, an internist at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The medical mistakes is shocking and should be prevented. They have bad health care system. Although the politicians are talking the health care, the mistakes is still happening every day!
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/05/health/medical-mistakes-nov/index.html
http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/mistakes/common.htm

[Hamuki]

The US and healthcare..

So many people have lost everything because of greedy bastards.
The US should have a system like Denmark.

No matter what you can get free medical treatment.
Yes, we pay extra in tax to be able to have this, but no one is dying on the streets because they cant afford the treatments.

A blood sample in the Us cost anywhere from 100$ and all the way up to 10.000$.

Denmark, Free.

What do you want..

To pay less in tax, but get huge medical bills or pay 5%-7% more in tax and be able to go to the hospital without being raped?
And to those who say "I dont get sick a lot" or "I dont want to pay for others" then have fun when a family member gets cancer and treatment is above $100.000 to have just a slight chance of survival.

[toddtervy]

The US and healthcare..

So many people have lost everything because of greedy bastards.
The US should have a system like Denmark.

No matter what you can get free medical treatment.
Yes, we pay extra in tax to be able to have this, but no one is dying on the streets because they cant afford the treatments.

A blood sample in the Us cost anywhere from 100$ and all the way up to 10.000$.

Denmark, Free.

What do you want..

To pay less in tax, but get huge medical bills or pay 5%-7% more in tax and be able to go to the hospital without being raped?
And to those who say "I dont get sick a lot" or "I dont want to pay for others" then have fun when a family member gets cancer and treatment is above $100.000 to have just a slight chance of survival.

Its just plain stupid.  If the healthcare, banking, and other corporate elite are this greedy just print themselves the damn money and quit pretending like you in any way earned it, because you sure as hell didn't, and its not long before everyone sees the truth.

[Spendulus]

The US and healthcare..

So many people have lost everything because of greedy bastards.
The US should have a system like Denmark.

No matter what you can get free medical treatment.
Yes, we pay extra in tax to be able to have this, but no one is dying on the streets because they cant afford the treatments.

A blood sample in the Us cost anywhere from 100$ and all the way up to 10.000$.

Denmark, Free.

What do you want..

To pay less in tax, but get huge medical bills or pay 5%-7% more in tax and be able to go to the hospital without being raped?
And to those who say "I dont get sick a lot" or "I dont want to pay for others" then have fun when a family member gets cancer and treatment is above $100.000 to have just a slight chance of survival.

That wouldn't work in the USA.....

Remember there are many, many other countries with socialized health care where it is an absolutely horrible mess.  In the USA, progressive liberals who view this type of system as something that should be implemented have been doing nothing less than social experimentation.