Readers Are Pleading To Make American Healthcare Greater Oct. 19, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/letter-to-the-editor/readers-plead-make-american-healthcare-greater-dementia-care-sedation-er-triage-upcoding-october-2026/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8TBXR4gLgF1rvtCFvmedcBtu7RM4vramcgveActRAfMSzLBc0rMQiEvDc-CTrxixtKZF6b5-TVFEgUN4XX_Hd1I1U4Og&_hsmi=444905181&utm_content=444905181&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: KFF Health News’ ‘Letters To The Editor’: Readers Are Pleading To Make American Healthcare Greater Not-So-Great HealthcareWhy doesn’t world-class medicine produce world-class health? Hayat Norimine’s reporting gets at something that has bothered me for a long time about American healthcare (Priced Out: “As Health Insurance Costs Soar, Healthcare Workers Also Feel the Pinch,” Sept. 22). We are very proud of U.S. medicine, and we should be. We are at the forefront of new treatments, our clinician workforce is unmatched, and we deploy technologies that seemed impossible just a few years ago. Yet we are in the middle of the pack compared with other countries, in terms of healthy lifespan and many markers of quality care. (Armour, 10/19)