Health Care Policy
Research Findings for Health Care Policy in the U.S.
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Definition
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions. Health care embraces all the goods and services designed to promote health, including “preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations”.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care
(Raelene)
View from George W. Bush
"To build a future of quality health care, we must trust patients and doctors to make medical decisions and empower them with better information and better options. We share a common goal: making health care more affordable and accessible for all Americans. The best way to achieve that goal is by expanding consumer choice, not government control. So I have proposed ending the bias in the tax code against those who do not get their health insurance through their employer. This one reform would put private coverage within reach for millions, and I call on the Congress to pass it this year.
The Congress must also expand health savings accounts, create Association Health Plans for small businesses, promote health information technology, and confront the epidemic of junk medical lawsuits. With all these steps, we will help ensure that decisions about your medical care are made in the privacy of your doctor's office -- not in the halls of Congress."
-- President George W. Bush
January 28, 2008
Website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/healthcare/
(Raelene)
External Links
BusinessWeek Debate Room: Universal Health Care (Austin)[1]
New York Times: Candidates Outline Ideas for Universal Health Care (Austin) [2]
John McCain: Stance on Health Care (Austin) [3]
Hillary Clinton: Stance on Health Care (Austin) [4]
Barack Obama: Stance on Health Care (Austin) [5]
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Lauren) [6]
Definition of Universal Health Care (Lauren) [7]
The '08 Race to Fix Health Care (Christine) [8]
The French Lesson in Health Care (Christine) [9]
