5.10 - Manifesto Point 'H'
More and more families and children in our country have inadequate healthcare coverage and forty-six million Americans are completely uninsured. As a result far too many families are either foregoing needed care or ending up in bankruptcy. Many mothers find themselves nursing a gravely ill child and facing financial ruin, all at the same time. This should never happen in America.
- Congress to immediately enact universal coverage for all
American children.
- The United States spends more on healthcare per person than any other nation in the world.i
- Was tied for the 28th highest life expectancy.ii
- Ranked a low 37th for our mortality rate of children under five years old.iii
- Two-thirds of the 191 countries tracked by the World Health Organization pay a higher percentage of their citizen’s total health care costs than the U.S. does.iv
- As a country, United States citizens spend more on health care than any other nation in the world, a whopping $5,274 on average per capita.v
- Countries with the same mortality rate as the United States has for children under five, spend a fraction of what U.S. citizens spend per person each year: Estonia ($263 per person); Slovakia ($265 per person); Poland ($303 per person); the UAE ($802 per person); and, the United States ($5,274).vi