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- Americans who qualify can receive government subsidized healthcare through MedicareU.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Medicare
- Healthcare expenses may be tax deductible if they exceed 7.5% of one's incomeCNNMoney: Money101 Lesson 16: Health Insurance
- Approximately 47 million Americans do not have health insuranceABC News: Democrats Short on Detail for Healthcare Overhaul (March 24, 2007)
- A 2007 poll showed that affordable access to healthcare was one of the top concerns among AmericansReuters: Health care top domestic concern: poll (March 7, 2007)

Healthcare refers to any products or services that treat, manage or prevent illness or disease and promote good health. Healthcare services are usually received from licensed health care professionals, such as nurses, pharmacists or doctors, at clinics, hospitals and other medical facilities.
Health Insurance and Universal Health Care

In the United States, many people purchase health insurance to help them cover the sometimes high cost of healthcare services.
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation without some sort of universal healthcare systemConnecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care: The Case For Single Payer, Universal Health Care For The United States (June 4, 1999) and the proposed implementation of an American universal healthcare system has become one of the platforms of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign.BarackObama.com: Healthcare

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Healthcare Questions

What do you pay for your healthcare coverage? 1 Answer

$3600 per year before taxes read more

What part should profits have in healthcare? 1 Answer

The better question is where in the healthcare system do profits (and administrative costs) accumulate. Which part of the system is adding value to healthcare ... read more

Any good suggestions for single-payer healthcare resources? 1 Answer

The Commonwealth Fund is a good starting point. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/ One of the most recent is "The Swiss and Dutch Health Insurance Systems: Unive... read more

Why is Obama pushing his flawed healthcare plan? 3 Answers

He is still pushing his "flawed healthcare plan" in order to replace the "extremely flawed healthcare system" already in place. Are you insured? I'm not. read more

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