In most civilised countries in this planet, when it comes to health care, the gate keeper is the trusted Family Doctor or GPs as they are called in English speaking countries. In the recent years in the USA, less and less medical graduates have sought to become Family Practitioners because of the long hours and less competitive pay , but about half the Americans had a family physician with whom he or she had some sort of relationship
All that is about to change. A bill introduced by Bernie Sanders and another senator from the midwest, is set to overhaul the primary care in the United States in that Family Practice as a specialty is set to disappear. Instead, community health centres where advanced nurses would be able to practice on their own would be encouraged to grow. Virtual visits would be encouraged. Concierge medicine where patients pay extra cash to buy patient doctor relationship may flourish. Nurses providing primary care would lessen the burden of school physicals, annual examinations and some prevention measures to the general population but studies show that they increase the number of consultations to tertiary institutions. This is called an innovation by Senator Sanders but it is going in the opposite direction of the other rich countries where the medical care is offered free to the citizens. And most people have trustworthy relationships with their Family Physicians/GPs and by all reckonings have better health by the numbers.
The following countries are considered the healthiest countries In the world, in an ascending fashion
10.NORWAY
MONACO
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
TAIWAN
FINLAND
HONGKONG
ICELAND
SINGAPORE
1.ITALY
USA IS RANKED NO 45. FRANCE 19 NETHERLANDS 24 UK 31
