Is it useful only to US residents?

[Sushan Ekanayake]

This book is equally useful to everyone because it reminds them of the areas in theur countries that could be lacking and thus compare it with the systems put in place in the United States.

Yes, a reader can use this to compare their own healthcare systems with the healthcare system in US. But I am not sure whether it is useful for the ordinary reader unless he is running for the parliament. And at the same time I do not feel the US healthcare system as an ideal healthcare system to compare other healthcare systems with in order to find their lacking areas. But anyway, this book can be useful for readers outside US in that manner as well.

[Ochieng Omuodo]

The author is a US based doctor and her book is based on US healthcare system. Is this book only useful for US residents or is it applicable universally? What are the controversial or unusual points that you noticed comparatively to your own experience on your healthcare system?

For an example, in my country, each and every citizen is entitled for '100% free of charge' healthcare facilities. There are few lacking areas because everything has to be provided by the government. But there is no need to have a health insurance to get hospitalised or no need to go through a primary healthcare practitioner to reach a speciality. But if anyone wants, there are plenty of options in the private sector as well.

I'd say it's neither useful for US citizens only nor universally applicable. For me the US system is comparable to my country's. You can die if you can't buy health! But there's move by my government to make health care universal and maybe one day it will mirror your system - not in my lifetime though. Through this book, Regis highlights just how expensive health care is at the individual level in the US. It amazes me how this can be so in a so-called superpower.

[B Sheila Holt]

I feel that the information concerning healthcare that is found in this book is mainly useful for the U.S. residents, but I’m sure other countries can use our info and research to see how they can find similar results for their own areas and for their own needs.

[Fliesie01]

I think it is mostly directed at the people of the US, but there are some things that people out of the US can learn from this and find very useful

[LYDIA KINYANJUI]

I feel as though it is primarily a US-based concept of the book but the basics of how to in treatment remain relevant to everyone. For instance, in my country, we basically have the same system and it hardly works at times.

[Precious Naiti]

This book is mostly relevant in the US. I live in a third world country and some of the things that are normal in the US are considered royalty to us and our expectations from the healthcare system are way lower than in developed countries.

[Tushar Swami]

Different countries would have different healthcare practices, so there are some things that are useful to the US residents in particular. But the basic practices are not much different, so people from the whole world can relate and learn a lot of things in the book.

[Joyful17]

While some aspects of the book are only relevant in the US, everyone can benefit from the book. I particularly love her spend thrift attitude which I observed when she wrote about the value of a PCP

[Nancy Morara]

There's no much difference between the US and my home country's health system. In my country one has to pay for each and every medical services offered. Except a few which are , maternal healthcare e.t.c. So the book was a fit for me.

[Arite Seki]

Although this book might be more useful to someone living in the US (since it's written from that perspective) I do think there may be some aspects that someone outside of the US might find useful

[Laura Britos]

The author is a US based doctor and her book is based on US healthcare system. Is this book only useful for US residents or is it applicable universally? What are the controversial or unusual points that you noticed comparatively to your own experience on your healthcare system?

For an example, in my country, each and every citizen is entitled for '100% free of charge' healthcare facilities. There are few lacking areas because everything has to be provided by the government. But there is no need to have a health insurance to get hospitalised or no need to go through a primary healthcare practitioner to reach a speciality. But if anyone wants, there are plenty of options in the private sector as well.

As an Argentinian, I can see that there are several differences with the North American health system. For example, besides the differences in the economic cost of different procedures, Argentinians get their prescriptions and are their medications without any restrictions or identification whatsoever.Therefore, there are things that might confuse citizens from different countries.

[Brandy_Nyongesa]

The book has been written by a US-based doctor. The examples used are widely related to many other countries. Though few aspects seem to vary in other countries. In my opinion, health care and health insurance should be seriously analyzed by an individual, and they should make a decision that suits them.

[Satwik Mohanty]

The book mostly focuses on the US healthcare system. While some of this advice is not relevant to people having access to free healthcare facilities, many of them like choosing the right insurance and minimizing your expenses are useful for almost everyone.

[Dzejn_Crvena]

I think this book is also relevant to non-US citizens in a way to compare healthcare systems in other countries. To me, the book helped open my eyes to the reality that not everything in the USA is free or discounted. When I was younger, I was led to believe that every US citizen can readily avail of them.

[EternalD]

It is challenging to write a book like this that applies to all countries. I agree with some friends here who said that many points might be applicable outside of the USA. In any case, it is much easier for a small, wealthy country like Sweden to offer universal health care than a country like the US. In theory, I live in a country that provides free healthcare to anyone, but many complain about the waiting time. Anyway, there are reports of people born here who are millionaires living in the US and who came back to the country just to have surgery here.