[Question - Other] How is U.S. healthcare in its current state if we pour more money into the system per capita than any other country?

I guess the "Explain Like I'm Five" sub-Reddit doesn't allow this type of question :/

I was reading about Bernie Sanders's and Elizabeth Warren's plans to pay for their proposed healthcare changes. The thing that I can't seem to find out, though, is why our healthcare system is in its current state (i.e. not one of the best in the world) and in need of such change when we already spend over $2,000 more person than the next runner up.

Is it how insurance companies are implemented in the U.S.? They appear to be largely hated by the general public.

Is it bloated bureaucracy?

Is it the rising cost of education (i.e. doctors and specialists) that get merely get passed on to the patients?

There are a great many topics on healthcare, but I haven't found a solid answer as to the why of it all yet, so any thoughts would be appreciated!

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Submitted January 26, 2020 at 07:24AM by Metallica93 https://ift.tt/311eV2c