Te Bu1, Bojan Masanovic2,3, Huiqing Huang1, Tao Fu4
1Hunan Normal University, College of Sport and Physical Education, Changsha, P.R. China
2University of Montenegro, Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, Niksic, Montenegro
3Montenegrin Sports Academy, Podgorica, Montenegro
4College of Health and Exercise Science, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, P.R. China
Cost of Healthcare is Skyrocketing in the USA: A Broken Medicare Must be Reformed
J. Anthr. Sport Phys. Educ. 2021, 5(3), 27-28 | DOI: 10.26773/jaspe.210705
Abstract
This short report discusses the current cost of the healthcare system in the United States. The affordability problems in the United States stem directly from insufficient competition of drug prices from the Medicare system. This report provided evidence about how the proposed Medicare reforms are skewed and would unlikely end the blank-check approach to pricing of Medicare that drives our healthcare spending and affordability problems.
Keywords
Health Insurance, Inflation, Affordability
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