Mental health is a serious issue.

[Eff Pandas]

US doesn’t look take healthcare seriously?

have you ever worked in the mental health care profession?

No I have never worked in mental health, but I live in the US & see how things are.

[2shameless]

US doesn’t look take healthcare seriously?

have you ever worked in the mental health care profession?

The US has the best health care in the world. It's not even close.

[15round]

The US has the best health care in the world. It's not even close.

That is an ignorant statement. Scandinavian countries pass the US and even Canada does. Switzerland too.

[Citizen Koba]

The US has the best health care in the world. It's not even close.

Cutting edge if you got the money / best insurance the US is a leader in many areas but it's hardly in a different stratosphere to Europe or Japan.

Problem with the US is that if you don't have money / decent health insurance your outlook is actually significantly worse than in many poorer countries with universal healthcare.

So yeah, whilst your statement is partly true in only tells part of the story. Yes it is possible to get some of the best healthcare on earth in the US but on average across the whole population your healthcare provision likely ain't even top 20.

Edit: just went and looked up about 6 different rankings and the highest the US came in was #15. Top slots were typically filled by either the wealthy nations of East Asia - Japan, S.Korea, Singapore or the Scandinavian nations depending on the ranking methodology.

There was one where the US came in at #11 but that was out of 11 wealthy countries. The US came dead last by a wide margin.

[billeau2]

"Poverty produces weakness. Any nation would want its citizens to be strong, and would see this as a worthy investment. At last I could see the urgency and intensity which my father and uncle were tasked as they taught...
----Yang Chengfu Yang style Tai Chi Master

[billeau2]

Cutting edge if you got the money / best insurance the US is a leader in many areas but it's hardly in a different stratosphere to Europe or Japan.

Problem with the US is that if you don't have money / decent health insurance your outlook is actually significantly worse than in many poorer countries with universal healthcare.

So yeah, whilst your statement is partly true in only tells part of the story. Yes it is possible to get some of the best healthcare on earth in the US but on average across the whole population your healthcare provision likely ain't even top 20.

Edit: just went and looked up about 6 different rankings and the highest the US came in was #15. Top slots were typically filled by either the wealthy nations of East Asia - Japan, S.Korea, Singapore or the Scandinavian nations depending on the ranking methodology.

There was one where the US came in at #11 but that was out of 11 wealthy countries. The US came dead last by a wide margin.

Health care in the states goes down in states with less education statistically. California is horrid but the doctors in the urban areas are really good. Out here in God's country? Idaho...where the men are men and the women compete with the sheep... I have really learned for the first time, what a bad doctor is. What a young, undertrained doctor can do to you if you are not watching...

Like everything else, education is freedom. People who are ignorant and impoverished just don't know any better.

[Hous]

I think a lot of Americans defer or forgo medical and mental health treatment entirely because of cost. You go to a physician for a routine 15 minute checkup and it is $100 minimum. You have to see a specialist for xrays and an examination and you're looking at $1,000. If something is wrong and needs further examination or treatment then forget about it as the cost will be astronomical. Healthcare needs to be affordable before American's can have a real discussion on overcoming people's negative perception of mental health treatment.

[Anthony342]

The owners of this forum could really use some mental health treatment. Or a hobby.

[_Rexy_]

That is an ignorant statement. Scandinavian countries pass the US and even Canada does. Switzerland too.

Like fk Canada does.

[QueensburyRules]

We have witnessed many athletes and famous people admit to this issue. Some people think they are making excuses but I think it is reality and if those well known people make it public maybe more people will seek help.

- - Y U waiting?

Git thee to a monkery 4 help.