America’s Seniors are Getting a Lousy Deal on Healthcare

The golden years are brighter in other countries. American seniors are sicker, more medicated and more hamstrung by medical costs than their counterparts in at least 10 other advanced nations. That’s the troubling conclusion from a new set of surveys conducted by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund and published online by the journal Health Affairs. Researchers surveyed nearly 16,000 adults 65 or older in 11 countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and seven European nations. The findings suggest that the $300 billion American taxpayers spend every year on Medicare, the healthcare program for the elderly, isn’t buying very good results. http://yhoo.it/1FavKUV http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ