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Improving Healthcare Accessibility for All Americans - A Comparison of Health Insurance Systems

Discover the impact of different healthcare insurance systems on the market, taxpayers, and individuals. Explore statistics on cost distribution, unnecessary procedures, growth trends, and public opinions. Learn about the feasibility of universal health insurance and historical movements for social change.

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Improving Healthcare Accessibility for All Americans - A Comparison of Health Insurance Systems

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  1. The Health and Profitable to the “Market,” the Sick and Poor to the Taxpayer 73% Government Programs Percent of health Care Costs Private Insurers 13% 6% 4% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% Source:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality MEPS

  2. Unnecessary Procedures

  3. Growth of Physicians and Administrators1970-2005 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and NCHS

  4. Drug Companies’ Cost Structure

  5. “Would you prefer the current system or Universal Health Insurance…like Medicare…run by Government…financed by Taxpayers” Universal Health Insurance Source: Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 10/20/03

  6. Other “Politically Infeasible” Movements Single-Payer: “Politically Feasible?” Abolition of Human Slavery (1860s) Women’s Suffrage Movement (1840-1920) Civil Rights Act (1964)

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