That depends on your socio economic status. If you're rich, the service is unbelievably good, if not, it's not. You can't treat figures about the US the same way while ignoring the massive inequalities.
Define "rich". Most people go to the same hospitals as everyone else and get similar treatment to everyone else. Contrary to popular belief, the US doesn't have signs reading "NO POORS" posted everywhere. I live in an affluent suburb and the people here go to one of the four hospitals in the area just like everyone else.
Yes, it's true at the far extremes there are people that can both afford and choose to pay personal doctors, but it's very rare, even among "the rich". Most people don't consider that a good use of funds.
It's illegal for American hospitals to deny necessary medical care due to inability to pay. I've gone to American hospitals both when I was indigent and when I was well off, and I feel the service quality was identical. In fact, hospitals usually have a designated administrative employee who handles the billing; the actual health professionals involved in treatment will often have no idea what your financial situation is and/or whether you even have insurance.
It is now illegal for Americans to fail to carry some form of health insurance. If someone absolutely can't afford it, there's Medicaid, the government-sponsored insurance program, which is actually really good. For people in-between, there's the government-subsidized health exchanges.
Healthcare in the US is a complete mess, but it's not as simple as "rich v. poor". Practically, most of the poor continue to get medical care, and if they don't manage their insurance or care properly, they just take big hits to their credit. Which, don't get me wrong, is not good either, but it's definitely recoverable and survivable.
Yes, it's true at the far extremes there are people that can both afford and choose to pay personal doctors, but it's very rare, even among "the rich". Most people don't consider that a good use of funds.
It's illegal for American hospitals to deny necessary medical care due to inability to pay. I've gone to American hospitals both when I was indigent and when I was well off, and I feel the service quality was identical. In fact, hospitals usually have a designated administrative employee who handles the billing; the actual health professionals involved in treatment will often have no idea what your financial situation is and/or whether you even have insurance.
It is now illegal for Americans to fail to carry some form of health insurance. If someone absolutely can't afford it, there's Medicaid, the government-sponsored insurance program, which is actually really good. For people in-between, there's the government-subsidized health exchanges.
Healthcare in the US is a complete mess, but it's not as simple as "rich v. poor". Practically, most of the poor continue to get medical care, and if they don't manage their insurance or care properly, they just take big hits to their credit. Which, don't get me wrong, is not good either, but it's definitely recoverable and survivable.