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Covid Impact on US Healthcare System 1
Covid Impact on US Healthcare System.
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Covid Impact on US Healthcare System.
Introduction
Healthcare systems have been the most crucial sector to any government in the world.
This explains the several strides made by various states in improving the healthcare of their
citizenry. The US government has made impressive strides in improving the same. However,
with the pandemic outbreak towards the end of 2019, healthcare systems are jeopardized (Grays,
2020). The emergence of Covid-19 has crippled the healthcare systems across the world and the
economic and social sectors. However, the healthcare sector is the most hit as the disease has a
high mortality rate and is highly infectious (Grays, 2020). It was first reported in the US in
January 2020. Due to its infectious nature, the disease had spread across all the North American
countries by 25
th
March. The covid-19 pandemic has greatly threatened the health system,
ranging from exhausting financial reserves meant for other functions in the sector, threatening
healthcare providers' safety, and overwhelming the available facilities (Grays, 2020). This essay
thereby seeks to deeply analyze the effect brought about by Covid-19 on the healthcare systems
in the US.
Effects
One notable effect of Covid on healthcare is on the economic and financial aspects.
Hospitals have greatly suffered financial losses as a result of this pandemic (Grays, 2020). One
of the measures of curbing the spread of this disease is keeping social distance and reducing
physical contact. This led to a reduction in people seeking in-patient services as people opted to
remain at home. On the other hand, most hospitals suspended offering most elective services and
surgeries in preparation for handling covid-19. Thereby most of the patients opted to stay away

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Covid Impact on US Healthcare System 1 Covid Impact on US Healthcare System. Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation: Professor’s Name: Course; Due Date: Covid Impact on US Healthcare System 2 Covid Impact on US Healthcare System. Introduction Healthcare systems have been the most crucial sector to any government in the world. This explains the several strides made by various states in improving the healthcare of their citizenry. The US government has made impressive strides in improving the same. However, with the pandemic outbreak towards the end of 2019, healthcare systems are jeopardized (Grays, 2020). The emergence of Covid-19 has crippled the healthcare systems across the world and the economic and social sectors. However, the healthcare sector is the most hit as the disease has a high mortality rate and is highly infectious (Grays, 2020). It was first reported in the US in January 2020. Due to its infectious nature, the disease had spread across all the North American countries by 25th March. The covid-19 pandemic has greatly threatened the health system, ranging from exhausting financial reserves meant for other functions in the sector, threatening healthcare providers' safety, and overwhelming the available facilities (Grays, 2020). This essay thereby seeks to deeply analyze the effect brought about by Covid-19 on the healthcare systems in the US. Effects One notable effect of Covid on healthcare is on the economic and financial aspects. Hospitals have gr ...
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