The State of Healthcare in America

The standard of medicine in the United States is generally agreed to be very high. There is no shortage of well qualified specialists, and there is a lot of individual attention. Treatment is backed up by the latest in the way of medical technology. Doctors and hospitals do their utmost not to make mistakes, because if they do they risk being made to pay out enormous sums in compensation.

But the American health care system has what look like insoluble problems. There are in fact two systems side by side. One is the private system run on the basis of free competition. The other is the public system which had to be created because such a large part of the population, including many of the elderly, could not afford to pay for the absurdly expensive private treatment.

The public system is vast. A huge proportion - more than 10 per cent - of the United States federal budget goes on it. Yet there are still very large numbers of Americans who are not covered even by this service. The government tries to keep expenditure down and so sets limits to the income of people using the system. Millions of the unemployed are another important group that is excluded.

The State of Healthcare in America

The standard of medicine in the United States is generally agreed to be very high. There is no shortage of well qualified specialists, and there is a lot of individual attention. Treatment is backed up by the latest in the way of medical technology. Doctors and hospitals do their utmost not to make mistakes, because if they do they risk being made to pay out enormous sums in compensation.

But the American health care system has what look like insoluble problems. There are in fact two systems side by side. One is the private system run on the basis of free competition. The other is the public system which had to be created because such a large part of the population, including many of the elderly, could not afford to pay for the absurdly expensive private treatment.

The public system is vast. A huge proportion - more than 10 per cent - of the United States federal budget goes on it. Yet there are still very large numbers of Americans who are not covered even by this service. The government tries to keep expenditure down and so sets limits to the income of people using the system. Millions of the unemployed are another important group that is excluded.

Supermarkets thrive on holidays and changes of season. No longer a medium-sized store with canned goods stacked on shelves, mega-supermarkets have become places where everyone goes to one-stop shop for everything, including dry-cleaning services, photo processing, prescription filling, flower delivery, cooking lessons, and so on. Supermarkets have become part of the community. Many sponsor scholarships, local events, hunger drives, and many other service-oriented events. They may also give away free turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas as a sign of appreciation to their loyal customers.

Putting out the garbage used to be so easy. Paper, food, boxes, glass bottles. Have them out and forget about them. It would be an understatement to say that times have changed. Every item that you no longer need takes careful thought. Should the food scraps be composted or thrown down the garbage disposal in the sink? Should the tops be removed from the glass bottles before they are thrown in a certain bin? Is this envelope recyclable or does it contain materials that are not?

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