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 French Lesson in Health Care"
Capell, Kerry. Business Week; 7/9/2007 Issue 4042, p98-99, 2p, 1 chart, 2c [8]
The article discusses the health care system in France. The author focuses on the mix of public and private funding for health care in France and contends that it offers a compelling example for health care reform in the U.S. The article outlines the system of care, discussing patient costs, doctor choice, and various levels of care. The motion picture "Sicko," directed by Micheal Moore is also discussed.
Christine
"HEALTH CARE: HOW GOOD?"
Mehring, James and Koretz, Gene Source:Business Week; 2/16/2004 Issue 3870, p28-28, 1/3p, 1 graph [9] Reports that Americans are, on average, less healthy than citizens in Europe and Asia, despite spending far more on health care. Statistics on the rise in the percentage of U.S. real GDP spent on health care; Claim that Americans spend up to 100 percent more on health care per capita than Europeans and the Japanese; Report that U.S. life expectancy is up to 2.5 years shorter than in Western Europe and Canada, and over three years shorter than in Japan; Comparisons by country of infant mortality rates; Reasons why Americans are less healthy, including a higher incidence of obesity and lags in childhood immunization; Assertion by the OECD that the U.S. spends more than other countries on expensive procedures. Christine
