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  2. Healthcare reform debate in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Public and private spending. US dollars PPP. $6,319 for Canada in 2022. $12,555 for the US in 2022. [6] Health spending by country. Percent of GDP (Gross domestic product). 11.2% for Canada in 2022. 16.6% for the United States in 2022. [6] U.S. healthcare costs were approximately $3.2 trillion or nearly $10,000 per person on average in 2015.

  3. Healthcare reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the United States has significant underinsurance and significant impending unfunded liabilities from its aging demographic and its social insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid (Medicaid provides free care to anyone that make less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Line). The fiscal and human impact of these issues have motivated ...

  4. Medicaid - Wikipedia

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    Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a significant ...

  5. Are deep Medicaid cuts in store for the nation's poor? Here's ...

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    Kennedy wants these Medicaid reforms Kennedy, an environmental lawyer, said he didn't have a broad proposal for Medicaid but suggested the nation needs to "experiment with pilot programs in each ...

  6. Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia

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    [287] 2.3 million of the approximately 4.6 million people aged 18–64 with undiagnosed diabetes in 2009–2010 may also have gained access to zero-cost preventative care due to section 2713 of the ACA, which prohibits cost sharing for United States Preventive Services Taskforce grade A or B recommended services, such as diabetes screenings. [287]

  7. Medicaid coverage gap - Wikipedia

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    Healthcare reform was a key issue in campaigns for the 2008 United States presidential election. [9] A poll of delegates conducted by the New York Times and CBS News found that 94 percent of Democratic delegates viewed expanding healthcare coverage to all Americans as more important than lowering taxes, compared to 7 percent for Republican ...

  8. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Economic Survey of the United States 2008: Health Care Reform" by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published in December 2008, said that: [70] Tax benefits of employer-based insurances should be abolished. The resulting tax revenues should be used to subsidize the purchase of insurance by individuals.

  9. Affordable Health Care for America Act - Wikipedia

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    At the encouragement of the Obama administration, the 111th Congress devoted much of its time to enacting reform of the United States' health care system. Known as the "House bill", HR 3962 was the House of Representatives' chief legislative proposal during the health reform debate.