课件Health_and_Medical_care.ppt

Health and Medical Care Health care in the United States Health care in the United States is provided by many separate legal entities 实体. primarily provided by the private sector Public programs: Medicare, Medicaid, the Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Veterans Health Administration third highest public healthcare expenditure per capita按人口平均计算 Many have argued that the system does not deliver equivalent value for the money spent. Health care in the United States The US pays twice as much yet lags behind other wealthy nations. higher infant mortality rate life expectancy lags 42nd in t