A Brief Introduction Of HealthCare In United States;
The United States does not have a universal healthcare program, unlike other advanced industrialized countries. Healthcare facilities are largely owned and operated by private-sector businesses. 58% of US community hospitals are non-profit, 21% are government-owned, and 21% are for-profit. In 2018, 57 percent (2,937) of the 5,198 short-term acute care hospitals in the U.S.
were nonprofit; 25 percent (1,296) were for-profit; and 19 percent (965) were public (state or local government-owned). In addition, there were 209 federal government hospitals
The United States spent $3.6 trillion on health or $11,172 per person in 2018. The National Health Expenditure Account (NHEA – CMS) reported that health spending in 2018 was a 17.7% share of the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, The uninsured rate and number of uninsured increased from 2017 (7.9 percent or 25.6 million). In 2019, 8.0 percent of people, or 26.1 million, did not have health insurance at any point during the year, according to the CPS ASEC. The percentage of people with health insurance coverage was 92.0 percent. The uninsured rate and number in 2018 were 8.5% and 27.5 million respectively.
Healthcare coverage is provided through a combination of private health insurance and public health coverage. In 2019, Private health insurance coverage (68.0%) was more prevalent than public coverage (32.0%)
In 2019, the percentage of people with employer-provided coverage was slightly higher than in 2018, i.e. from 55.2 percent in 2018 to 55.4 percent in 2019. The percentage of people with Medicaid coverage at the time of the interview decreased to 19.8 percent in 2019, down from 20.5 percent in 2018.
Between 2018 and 2019, the percentage of people without health insurance in one state increased in 19 states. All states and the District of Columbia had a lower uninsured rate in 2019 than in 2010.
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