8 years ago

A new animated video on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker provides an engaging “check-up” of the nation’s health system, addressing questions of whether it’s getting better or worse and how it compares to other countries.

Health of the Healthcare System, produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, draws on the most up-to-date, reliable data to offer an easy-to-understand portrait of cost, quality and access to health care in the United States. Julie Rovner, a veteran health reporter formerly of NPR now working for Kaiser Health News, narrates the four-minute video.

Health of the Healthcare System can be linked from numerous social media networks and can be embedded on other web sites using YouTube’s share button. For those who wish to explore the topic further, supporting data and research are available as a collection of charts.

For more information on health costs, visit the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker and follow @cynthiaccox on Twitter.