America's healthcare system faces a significant crisis characterized by a loss of trust between patients and physicians, exacerbated by the corporatization of medicine that prioritizes profit over patient care. This crisis is reflected in declining life expectancy numbers and widespread burnout among medical professionals, which increases medical errors and harms patient outcomes. With trust in the healthcare system plummeting, particularly among younger generations, urgent changes are necessary to restore patient-focused care and support private practice autonomy to reverse these negative trends.
The foundation of effective healthcare is the trust between a patient and their physician. Unfortunately, this trust is deteriorating, with the number of adults who trust their doctors falling from 93% to 85%.
Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation, our system is failing in fundamental ways, including eroding trust and declining life expectancy.
As the corporatization of medicine continues, it prioritizes profits over patients, which is leading to an epidemic of physician burnout that ultimately increases medical errors and adversely impacts patient outcomes.
The U.S. remains significantly behind comparable countries in life expectancy, forecasting a decline from 49th in global rankings in 2022 to 66th by 2050.
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