However, even when testing is being emphasized on a large scale, the country has faltered in rolling out coronavirus tests, putting us far behind other developed countries in tracing management. Take a look at the following;
“The testing failure is putting additional strain on our already challenged health system,” Cox said. “The combination of all of these factors will make the U.S. worse off than similar countries.”
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE HAS NO ANSWERS FOR A PANDEMIC AS THIS
People are looking to UHC as if it had the answer to this pandemic. While to some extent, it may help, UHC is not the perfect treatment for emergencies like this. A country like Italy has a UHC system, a federalized national health insurance program very similar to Canada’s, but still, it was unable to contain the virus. “For quite some time in the past, the U.S. politicians had made proposition to make American health care system more like these other nations; either by making carefree or cheap at the point of service, either by having the government cover more of the cost by mandating private insurers cover services related to the outbreak.” – Dylan Scott, Vox.
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