New York based Commonwealth Fund, an organization that studies health care issues, surveyed patients in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Britain, Australia and the U.S. regarding their experiences and perceptions of health care in their countries. From the perspective of patients in those seven countries the U.S. ranked last. The areas in which U.S. […]

One of the questions a lot of westerners have about receiving medical care overseas is “What happens if the doctor makes a mistake?” The worry is that they return home and have complications that won’t be covered by their domestic insurance or Medicare. Well, starting next year if your American doctor makes a mistake Medicare […]