Post-Surgical Care Failure

For the past decades, politicians and insurance companies could carelessly proclaim that the United States had the best healthcare system in the world, but as its major deficiencies have become more apparent many people have found it harder to accept this claim. It is reported that around 59 million Americans are without health insurance and are aware that our health care system does not work for everyone. This has caused a growing recognition that the major problems of rising costs and lack of access constitute a real crisis. However, the search solutions have not been easy or clear cut. The problems of our health care system have been responded to with various makeshift solutions rather than analyzing the system itself as a whole to take
He was appalled by the way he was treated by the physicians and voiced his disgruntlement. He was being treated in New York and when his classes started he had to return to Boston. Since it was more convenient for him, he requested to have post-surgical care done in Boston. When he went to the hospital the physician refused to take care of Mr. H because he himself did not perform the surgery. In other words, he did not want to take responsibility if anything went wrong. As a result, he was forced to return to New York twice a week to get his post-op. He strongly believes that this is a major flaw in the American healthcare system. Coming from Pakistan, he has never heard of such a thing. He believes it is the wrong mentality for doctors to not treat patients because of the fear of assuming responsibility and having to face the consequences if something goes wrong. In Pakistan, he claims that the decisions made by physicians are not ruled by the fear of getting sued. Rather, they do what is in the best interest of the
He states that he never had to pay for any healthcare until he came to the United States. He expressed his issues with health insurance. He detested the fact that he has a pay a third party 2000$ every year when he may not even need that care at the time. He said he would rather the cost of healthcare to be low enough to pay upfront when you need it. He explained that this is how people pay for their care in Pakistan and that people have better access to care