There has been a lot of talk about health care recently. The Affordable Care Act in the US continues to make headlines almost every day as the government is still trying to get everything in place for the December 23rd enrollment deadline. And, the US is not the only health care system going through some changes. The recent overhaul of the NHS has been one of the most controversial reforms the UK government has pursued.
So we decided to give these two health care systems the once over. We examined patient concerns and how they feel about the changes. Our thorough checkup also covers healthy diets, safety and wellness, online medical records, and how patients choose their physician.
Even though these two systems are vastly different, patients in both countries agree on some points: childhood obesity is top of mind, diets they deem as unhealthiest and less than half of women are comfortable with their medical records online. To help you visualize some of these patient concerns we've created two infographics for a side by side comparison.