Universal Health Care
Published on Nov 25, 2015
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UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
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ONLY 16% OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE MEDICAID
WHICH IS A HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES OF LOW INCOME
ONLY 15% OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE MEDICARE
WHICH IS A HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER
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DONALD TRUMP ONCE SAID "I support health care for people . I want people well taken care of . But i also want health care we can afford as a country. i have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare
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Malaria is widespread and kills one African child every 30 seconds. It is the leading cause of death among under-fives in many countries
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AROUND THE WORLD EVERY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS STRUGGLING WITH RISING COSTS
LIKE MEXICO, CHINA, EYGYPT AND EUROPE
THERE ARE 25 PREVENTABLE DECEASES THAT PEOPLE DIE FROM BECAUSE PEOPLE DONT HAVE HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE STARTED IN THE 1920'S THEN THE BLUE CROSS ORGANIZATION IN THE 1930'S WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT HE CREATED OBAMACARE.ON MARCH 23,2010 THEY STARTED THE HEALTH CARE REFORMS
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY CARE IS USUALLY THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR A PATIENT. PRIMARY CARE IS TYPICALLY PROVIDED BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS/FAMILY DOCTORS, DENTISTS, PHARMACISTS, MIDWIVES, ETC. IT IS WHERE MOST PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CAN BE ACHIEVED AND WHERE EARLY DIAGNOSIS CAN BE POSSIBLE, WHICH MAY PREVENT MORE EXPENSIVE HOSPITAL TREATMENT BEING REQUIRED.
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ALTHOUGH NEARLY 46 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNINSURED THE UNITED STATES SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN ANY OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATION AND THOSE COUNTRIES PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL THEIR CITIZENS
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IMPROVEMENTS IN WORLD HEALTH HAVE BEEN DRAMATIC IN THE LAST 60 YEARS. IN THE 1950’S, 290 OF EVERY 1,000 CHILDREN DIED BEFORE THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY
BRITAIN’S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE START OF WORLD WAR II
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IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT HEALTHCARE IN HAITI WITHOUT MENTIONING THE JANUARY 2010 EARTHQUAKE WHICH TO DATE HAS AFFECTED 630,000 PEOPLE AND TAKEN THE LIVES OF 7,500.
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60% of Nairobi’s population live in slums – informal settlements with overcrowded conditions, poor sanitation and limited access to services. The lack of clean water and sanitation, combined with the high population density, provides the perfect ground for disease.
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Greece has an employer-based health insurance system in which all Greek employers enroll their employees in one of the “social insurance funds.” Due to strict regulation by the Greek Social Health Greece has a single payer system. For instance, the Ministry controls employee contribution rates, insurance benefit packages.
Japan has universal health insurance based around a mandatory, employment-based insurance. “The Employee Health Insurance Program requires all companies with 700 of more employees to provide workers with health insurance among some 1,800 ‘society-managed’ plans.
The Spanish have one of the most centralized health care systems in the world. Patients have no choice of provider and there is almost no cost sharing. Like most centralized systems without cost-sharing, there are special waiting times for procedures.
France is often seen as the ideal system. It has universal health care, with few waiting lists. France has the highest level pleasure with their health care among all European countries.
There is a misunderstanding that healthcare is free in Norway. People who get absolutely free health care are those under 16
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While France may have the highest rated health care system in the world, Italy is second according to the WHO. The Italian health care system is a version of the British NHS. Despite the high rankings by the WHO, Italians are dissatisfied with the quality of their care.
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