A summary on America Health care system Health care is mainly divided into two sectors. One is public and the other one is private. Like other countries, America also has public insurance system and private one. But I always hear that the health care in America is relatively expensive as opposed to other countries. Also, I’ve seen a lot of people, as for their health, getting a lot of things done in advance before going to the US due to the cost of health care. So I looked into it and I found out that the private insurance system is the main cause to make the health care in America so expensive. In other countries, the health care is normally run by the government, which means the government has leverage over the medical industry. It’s easier to think that in those countries, they usually have a , like, list where the price of the procedure is already decided. So regardless of what kind of insurance you have, the price is almost the same for everyone. But in America, it doesn’t work because they don’t have this kind of list so how much the bill will be is not decided. That’s why a lot of private insurance companies have to negotiate the prices with the doctor. In other words, depending on what kind of insurance you have, your bill would be more expensive or cheaper than the other person who gets the same procedure. How much the US spends on public health care is about the same size as other countries but as for private health care, their spending is way huge. This is how the medical industry has been working over years and years so it gets to the point where it’s so hard to lower the cost of health care. Some people feel the need of a single-payer system. But there are two sides of this. One is that it would be hard to stop lobbying from hospital or doctors because they already have huge power over the medical industry. The other one is that the doctors would be paid less than they are now and it can hurt their business due to the decrease in their sales. I feel like whatever health care system they have would be good for some people and bad for others as America is such a huge country and a lot of people are living. Hopefully they can find a best way that would work out for most of people.