From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org):
While anti-Medicare for All scare tactics feature the prospect of rationed healthcare, a new Commonwealth Fund report compares the U.S.’s current system to five European countries and finds: “In reality, more people in the U.S. forgo needed health care because access to care is rationed through lack of access to adequate insurance or unaffordable services and treatments.”
For Example . . . Our friends at T1International released their annual insulin cost and access survey, reporting that over 25% of persons with Type 1 diabetes surveyed from the United States confirmed they have been rationing insulin within the last year due to cost. That is by far the highest rate of any high-income country.
And When Patients Do Get Care . . . The resulting bills are often are overwhelming, with nearly 60% of Americans filing bankruptcy reporting healthcare costs were a contributing factor.
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