US/healthcare/costs

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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

• more cost-effective in Canada
• 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

• 2006-06-20 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 Access To Existing Medical Treatments Could Save More Lives Than Spending To Improve The Treatments