Each dollar spent on health care in the U.S, 31% goes to hospital, 21% goes to physician / clinical services, 10% pharmaceuticals, 4% to dental, 6% to nursing homes and 3% to home health care, 3% for other retail products, 3%for government public health activities, 7% to administration cost, 7% to investment, and 6% to other professional services - physical therapist, optometrists, etc.
Health care in the United State
Health care facilities are largely owned by hospital. Health insurances is now primarily provided by the government with 65% healthcare programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Veterans Health Administration. Life expectancy in the USA is 50th in the world, below most developed nations and developing nations. The USA health care system is the highest in cost. The USA is the only wealthy industrialized nation that does not ensure that all citizens have coverage.
Payments
Around 85% of Americans have health insurance; either through their employer or the employer of their spouse or parent (59.3 %), purchased individually (9%), government programs (28%). All government health care programs have restricted eligibility. In 2007, totaled 15.3% of the population, or 45.7 million people don’t have insurance.
In 2004, private insurance paid 36% of personal health expenditures, private out-pocket 15%, federal government 34%, state and local 11%, and other private found 4%. In level of health care spending from year to year the U.S is the highest compared with other