While the United States has largely considered itself as the greatest country in the world for the last few decades, the statistics tell us that there are areas where things can definitely be improved.
In military might and defence spending the U.S. is undisputedly number one. But in other areas, more important aspects of human wellbeing such as education, life expectancy, happiness, gender and income equality and healthcare, there are more mixed results.
The U.S. healthcare system in particular is a continuing source of bafflement for many, who are accustomed to a degree of protection against the double disaster of poor health followed by financial ruin.
While American hospitals and medical facilities are world class, they are also incredibly expensive and available only to those able to afford them. We at Bored Panda have compiled a list of examples that highlight the inadequacies of the current healthcare system, while polarised politicians continue to argue about their vision for its future. Scroll down to check them out below, and stay healthy over there in America, y’all.
#1 US Healtcare System
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#2 I Had To Pay $39.35 To Hold My Baby After He Was Born
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#3 The “Radical” Idea Of Universal Healthcare
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#4 A Copy Of The Bill We Got When Our Daughter Was Born In Canada
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#5 Medical Treatment Is A Privelege
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#6 No, That’s Unamerican
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#7 All You Need To Know About American Healthcare System Is That There’s A Popular TV Series Where A Man Turns To Cooking Industrial Quantities Of Crystal Meth In Order To Pay For His Hospital Bills
#8 Almost A Dystopian World Where People Wear Tags Like That
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#9 At Least We’re First In Something
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#10 We Dressed Up As Universal Healthcare For Halloween. In America, This Is Terrifying To Half Of Our Population!
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#11 If “Breaking Bad” Had Been Set In Anywhere But America
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#12 American Healthcare
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#13 Healthcare Tip
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#14 Why Americans Are So Friendly
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#15 American Health Care System
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#16 Abortion Is Murder And Every Life Is Precious But You Should Definitely Get A 3rd Job If Your Baby Is Sick
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#17 Universal Health Care Disasters
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#18 The American Healthcare System Be Like
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#19 American Healthcare Reality
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#20 Future Of Healthcare
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#21 Guess I’ll Die
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#22 Important Questions
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#23 As A Brit, This Is How I Plan To Dress When I Visit The US After Reading About The Cost Of Simple Healthcare
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#24 Pro-Life
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#25 Universal Healthcare
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#26 Crowdfunding For Health Care
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#27 We Would Like Healthcare Too
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#28 American Healthcare
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#29 Healthcare…
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#30 I Work In A Hospital Laboratory. I Ordered A Pack Of These Cheap Plastic Rulers From Ebay For About $6. Our Medical Supplier Charges More Than $80 For The Exact Same Rulers. This Is Why Health Care Costs Are Out Of Control
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#31 Reproductive Health App
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#32 Everyone Will Be Covered
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#33 Nice Hat, Though
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#34 People Are Calling Uber To Be Taken To The Emergency Room Instead Of Ambulances
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#35 Fantasyland
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#36 Paul Ryan Gives Presentation On Trumpcare
#37 The Only Insurance I Can Afford In America
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#38 This Is The Cost Of A Rattlesnake Bite In America
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#39 American Healthcare In A Nutshell
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#40 Hard To Choose
#41 Everything Would Be Well Funded And Work Perfectly
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#42 Paid By Taxes
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#43 Welcome To The Usa
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#44 I Forgot My Meds And Had An Anxiety Attack At Work. My Boss Freaked Out And Called 911. Just Got The Bill Today, For Less Than 2 Hours Of Care And A Xanax. F*ck American Healthcare
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#45 Affordable Healthcare
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#46 Insert Almost Every Flag On Earth Instead Sweden
#47 My Cousins Child Birth Bill From The Hospital In The USA. Never Seen Anything This High
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#48 When You Can’t Afford To Get Shot In A Mass Shooting
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#49 1.5 Bottles Of Insulin Costs About The Same Amount As A New Iphone
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#50 American Health Care
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#51 You’re Doing It Wrong
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#52 My Dad Celebrating Because He Finally Has Health Insurance And Is Able To Afford His Heart Medications
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#53 My Buddies Medical Bill For A Month-Long Stay In The Hospital After Being Hit By A Driver High On Heroin
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#54 GOP Stance On Healthcare
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#55 This Is How I Imagine The USA Health System Works
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#56 In The United States, This Is What $14,714.49 Of Medication Looks Like
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#57 American Healthcare, Explained
#58 My Buddy’s Son Ate A Penny, This Is How Much The Hospital Charged For A 5 Minute Procedure To Get It Out
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#59 Healthcare Level: USA
#60 The Reality
#61 Obamacare And Trumpcare
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#62 Another Picture From The American Healthcare Twilight Zone
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#63 I Work In A Hospital. We Use These Simple Metal Baskets To Process Tissue Specimens. Our Hospital-Mandated Supplier Charges Us $700 Apiece For These. Seven. Hundred. Dollars. This Is Why Healthcare Costs Are So F*cked Up
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#64 The USA Provides Free Health Care
#65 Award Winning American-Canadian Science Fiction Author, William Gibson On Canada’s Universal Healthcare System
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#66 Good Healthcare
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#67 Universal Healthcare – I Think This Supports The Argument, Why It Is Good For The People
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#68 “This Is About Profits, Not People”
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#69 GOP Health Care Plan
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#70 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia On Health Care In America
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#71 Injured?
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#72 I’m An American, I’m Awake So Here’s My Medical Bill. The Occupational Therapy Is Particularly Amusing. She Handed Me A Toothbrush
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#73 Peter Parker Had No Health Insurance
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#74 Choose Your Own Healthcare Adventure
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#75 Drug Prices In Canada’s Health Care System Vs Prices In America
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#76 Same
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#77 Who Knew
#78 When You Don’t Have Health Insurance
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#79 “We Don’t Take That Insurance”
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#80 Avoid Any Unnecessary Stress
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#81 Mindset Of Americans
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#82 Preparing In Advance
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#83 Insurance Agent Discovers Client Has Pre-Existing Condition (2017, Colorized)
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#84 The American Healthcare System Is A Eugenics Program
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#85 Complete Disregard For Human Life
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#86 I Never Truly Understood How Much Healthcare In The US Costs Until I Got Appendicitis In October. I’m A 20 Year Old Guy. Thought Other People Should See This To Get A Real Idea Of How Much An Unpreventable Illness Costs In The US
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#87 Trumpcare
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#88 Republicans Reveal The Heart Of Their Health Care Plan
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#89 US Healthcare
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#90 Got Just A CT Scan. F*ck American Health Care
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#91 Americans Spent 2.5 Times As Much On Healthcare As Citizens Of Other Rich Countries – But They Die 1.7 Years Earlier
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#92 This Bill Is For Someone Who Was Hospitalized For About Four Weeks
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#93 Senator John Mccain, Everyone
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#94 My Brother Fell While Rock Climbing And Broke His Neck, Back, And Ankle. This Is What The Bill Looks Like For Two Surgeries, A Week Hospital Stay, The Neck/Back Braces, And Ankle Cast
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#95 American Dream
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#96 Six Months Ago, At Age 25, My Wife Was Diagnosed With Cancer. Her Last Chemotherapy Treatment Was Yesterday (She’s Now Cancer-Free). Cost Of Healthcare: $97,247.56. This Is Why You Need Insurance
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#97 This Is The Actual, Official Name Of The Republican’s New Healthcare Bill
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#98 God Bless The Usa
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#99 “Everyone Deserves Healthcare”
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#100 The Tests Show
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#101 Good Thing My Dad Had Insurance
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#102 Grim Fairy Tale
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#103 US Healthcare Bill
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#104 On The Bright Side
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#105 The State Of American Health Care These Days
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#106 Insurance, You’re The Greatest
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#107 The Republican Health Plan
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#108 US Healthcare System
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#109 I’m Going To The Hospital For A Minor Procedure. It’s Called It A “Wallet-Ectomy.”
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#110 I Finally Figured Out The Logic Behind The American Healthcare System…
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#111 My Father In Law’s Hospital Bill After 2 1/2 Days In The Hospital For Observation
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#112 I Want That Universal Healthcare, Morty! It’s My Season Arc!
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#113 Bottle Of Eyedrops, $20 After Insurance. ‘Murica
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#114 How I Feel With Strep Throat And No Health Insurance
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#115 US Healthcare In A Nutshell
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#116 American Health Care System
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#117 The “Affordable” Care Act
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#118 Hot 2017 Fashion Trends
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