Quando lemos isto: Healthcare costs doubled from 1996 to 2006, and are projected to rise to 25 percent of GDP in 2025; 49 percent by 2082 if something does not change. Percebemos, que algo está muito errado na sociedade ocidental. Há com certeza muita gente equivocada, quando organismos públicos estimam que os custos com a saúde poderão representar cerca de 50% do produto de uma economia! Ainda que estejamos a imaginar o não tão longinquo ano de 2082!
Talvez porque estes organismos públicos apenas conjecturam cenários loucos, há alguém que sente necessidade de mudar as coisas: Reform of the U.S. healthcare system is vital this year because of growing costs and worsening care, the Health and Human Services Department said in a report on Monday.
É que os EUA atingem sempre cenários inimagináveis para os outros:
- The report points out that the United States spent $2.2 trillion on healthcare in 2007, or $7,421 per capita. Healthcare accounts for more than 16 percent of gross domestic product, nearly twice the average of other developed nations.
- "In spite of the vast resources invested, the health care system has not yet reached the goal of high-quality care," the report said.
- "Across 37 performance indicators, the United States achieved an overall score of 65 out of a possible 100," it said, citing the non-profit Commonwealth Foundation.
Do or die, parece ser a opção do Presidente Barack Obama.
