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==Overview==
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[[Category:United States issues]]Health care costs are a major problem in the U.S. Many possible solutions have been advanced, but very little progress has been made towards settling on any given solution, and the problem continues to get worse.{{seed}}
Health care costs are a major problem in the U.S. Many possible solutions have been advanced, but very little progress has been made towards settling on any given solution, and the problem continues to get worse.
 
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
*[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Study:_Socialized_Canadian_surgery_half_the_U.S._cost_with_same_results more cost-effective in Canada]
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===Editorials===
*[http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007382 Born in the USSR] "I survived Soviet health care--barely." Includes some horrific details from North Korea ''This should probably be moved to a more general [[Health Care]] article at some point. --[[User:Woozle|W.]]''
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* [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007382 Born in the USSR]: "I survived Soviet health care--barely." Includes some horrific details from North Korea ''This should probably be moved to a more general [[health care]] article at some point. --[[User:Woozle|W.]]''
==News==
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===News===
 
* '''2006-06-20''' [http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/37624/ How to Fix Our Health Care Mess] by Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown: "Bush's prescription-drug program is a boondoggle for America's fraud-ridden health-industrial complex. A better choice is available, and it's time to fight for it."
 
* '''2006-06-20''' [http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/37624/ How to Fix Our Health Care Mess] by Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown: "Bush's prescription-drug program is a boondoggle for America's fraud-ridden health-industrial complex. A better choice is available, and it's time to fight for it."
 
* '''2005-12-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051207111835.htm Access To Existing Medical Treatments Could Save More Lives Than Spending To Improve The Treatments]
 
* '''2005-12-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051207111835.htm Access To Existing Medical Treatments Could Save More Lives Than Spending To Improve The Treatments]
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* '''2005-07-13''' WikiNews: [[wikinews:Study: Socialized Canadian surgery half the U.S. cost with same results|more cost-effective in Canada]]

Revision as of 02:34, 9 January 2007

Overview

Health care costs are a major problem in the U.S. Many possible solutions have been advanced, but very little progress has been made towards settling on any given solution, and the problem continues to get worse.

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Links

Editorials

  • Born in the USSR: "I survived Soviet health care--barely." Includes some horrific details from North Korea This should probably be moved to a more general health care article at some point. --W.

News