Access to health care varies in theses nations, are hurting by social and economic conditions as well as their health policies.
We are not only in a #COVID global pandemic, but we are also struggling to survive in an emotionally devoid epidemic as physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers are scarce.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and lawmakers held a moment of silence on the East Front steps of the U.S. Capitol to mark 900,000 U.S. lives lost to COVID-19.
Providing health care services means "the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes". Factors to consider in terms of health care access include financial limitations such as insurance coverage barriers like additional transportation costs, the possibility to take paid time off of work to use such services, and personal limitations lack of ability to communicate with health care providers, poor health literacy, low income.
Limitations to health care services affects negatively the use of medical services, the efficacy of treatments, and overall outcome well-being, mortality rates
US closely tied to 'nationwide insurrection' in Canada against COVID mandates https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/02/06/us-tied-to-covid-…
For decades high-rolling households and corporations have been stockpiling savings. Could the pandemic and its aftermath upend this trend? https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/02/05/why-the-world-is-saving-t…
Staff shortages, #COVID patients pushing hospitals worldwide to a life threatening breaking point and a serious global crisis.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-hospital-staff-shortages-60-minutes-…
US healthcare system is left ‘broken beyond repair’ Despite Covid hospitalizations trending downward, 80% of hospitals across the country are under ‘high or extreme stress’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/03/us-coronavirus-healthca…
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