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Health Insurance Coverage Is Not Enough

Matthew Menken, MD

Arch Neurol. 1991;48(5):472-475.

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The President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research stated in 1983 that "Society has a moral obligation to ensure that everyone has access to adequate care without being subjected to excessive burdens."¹ By this measure, the health system of the United States is failing, since millions of citizens are unable to obtain necessary care each year. This is a paradox, given the large annual medical care expenditures in the United States. In 1991, such expenditures will exceed $600 billion, or 11.5% of the gross national product, an average of $2500 per capita. Comparative health care figures reveal that the United States spends per capita 38% more money than Canada, 88% more than West Germany, and 124% more than Japan. Moreover, expenditures in the United States are rising rapidly. Between 1980 and 1987, health expenditures in the United States increased from $248 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication January 16, 1991.

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