The biggest problem with the U. S. health - care system is that it has long been designed to respond to illness rather than prevent it. According to an analysis by the Common wealth Fund, a foundation that funds health - care research, half of American adults in 2005 did not receive recommended preventive care, which includes vaccinations, cancer screenings and blood -pressure checks. When we do get our cardiac health checked, too often it’s because we’ve been rushed to the emergency room suffering from chest pains. When we do get a cancer evaluation, too often it’s a diagnosis of advanced disease that has spread beyond the initial tumor site. What will probably happen under the present US health -care system
A. All Americans do not receive preventive care. B. Many Americans seek medical help when it is too late. C. Everyone who is sick will receive medical help. D. Americans do not receive medial help even when they are sick.