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This amounted to 15% percent of U.S. GDP in that year, while Canada spent 10%. A study by Harvard Medical School and the Canadian Institute for Health Information determined that some 31% of U.S. health care dollars (more than $1,000 per person per year) went to health care administrative costs. [109]
An alternative way to conceptualize one facet of the right to health is a "human right to health care." Notably, this encompasses both patient and provider rights in the delivery of healthcare services, the latter being similarly open to frequent abuse by the states. [22]
A 2001 article in the public health journal Health Affairs studied fifty years of American public opinion of various health care plans and concluded that, while there appears to be general support of a "national health care plan," poll respondents "remain satisfied with their current medical arrangements, do not trust the federal government to ...
On the House prepares to vote on Obamacare's repeal on Thursday, former President Obama is defending his signature legislation. Obama defends Affordable Care Act on its 7th anniversary as ...
Opinion: Let us ensure that every eligible citizen has the opportunity to exercise their right to vote free from discrimination or obstruction.
Then you must be pro-reproductive rights, pro-health care, pro-availability of contraceptives, and pro-sex education. Vote no on Amendment #2 like your life depends on it. Because it does.
In May 2011, the state of Vermont became the first state to pass legislation establishing a single-payer health care system. The legislation, known as Act 48, establishes health care in the state as a "human right" and lays the responsibility on the state to provide a health care system which best meets the needs of the citizens of Vermont.
Combining political science with the study of public health, health politics aims to understand the unique interplay of politics within this policy domain to locate the politics of health. [15] "Among professionals in public health, the political system is commonly viewed as a subway's third rail: avoid touching it, lest you get burned. Yet it ...