SOC 490-2 Week 2

People from all over the world come to the Cleveland Clinic for care, and it is rated the best hospital in the United States. With that said, not everyone in Cuyahoga County is healthy. Why you ask, I do not know the correct answer, but I do have some insight of the subject matter.

“Americans with below-average incomes were much more likely than their counterparts in other countries to report not visiting a physician when sick, not getting a recommended test, treatment or follow-up care, not filling a prescription, or not seeing a dentist when needed because of costs,” explains Davis. Furthermore, Peron tells us “today people want the best care that money can buy,” and “all this premium health care does make health care in total more expensive in the US than elsewhere.”

People in the United States, not just Cuyahoga County, are not getting the healthcare they need at times because it is so expensive. We need, and want, the best machines, and the newest technology to help us when we are ill, but as Peron said, that technology makes the cost of our healthcare outrageous! But, if we stop coming up with new inventions that can expand our lifetime even longer to lower the price of healthcare, people would be extremely upset with not getting the best healthcare available.

So why is Cuyahoga County so unhealthy even though it is the best hospital in the US, and people from around the world come to Cleveland solely for the hospital? Well that is because of the cost. Not everyone in Cuyahoga County can afford the health insurance that covers our “premium” healthcare.