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    individual maintains his/her health, the longer one is able to live. To do so, the health care industry plays a monumental role in every aspect of an individual being able to maintain one’s wellbeing. Looking at the words singly; health refers to the absence of disease, while care is the attention and treatment given to the breakdown of any body system due to sickness. On that note, a health care system can be defined. According to Health Care USA (2014), a health care system refers to “the complete

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    there are over 39 million Americans with no health insurance coverage. The current health care system mandates individuals purchase health insurance coverage from private insurance companies to access healthcare systems. Access to comprehensive health care should not be considered a commodity because health is fundamental to the well-being of individuals. Further, society (government) must accept the responsibility to ensure access to affordable health care. Therefore, I believe the government should

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    solutions to making the American health care system more effective. Although the causes section of this paper introduces five topics, I will only be addressing the lack of primary care physicians and the inefficient payment system. The others are very important causes of the low health status, however, the solutions to these are far too extensive and can each be detailed in papers of their own. Moreover, it is in my belief that my plan of altering the health care legislation and infrastructure will

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    the first Canadian province introduced near universal health coverage. Saskatchewan had long suffered a shortage of doctors, leading to the creation of municipal doctor programs in the early twentieth century in which a town would subsidize a doctor to practice there. Soon after, groups of communities joined to open union hospitals under a similar model. There had thus been a long history of government involvement in Saskatchewan health care, and a significant section of it was already controlled

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    Today’s health care system is very different from how it used to be. There have been many changes that have taken place which represent the major shifts involved in moving from a plan which was based mainly on what the patient wanted, to a managed care system. The American health care system has evolved immensely over the past years and it continues to evolve to this day. As health care costs continue to rise, as treatments become even more costly, and as the population continues to age, it is essential

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    will usually include the free health care. The health care system is one aspect of Canada that makes citizens patriotic and proud and makes those from other countries, like the United States, a bit envious. All around the world, Canada is known to have a reputation for the great healthcare and free health care policy. With such a wonderful system, it is hard to believe that the mental health care system is subpar compared to all other aspects of the health care system. Due to lack of funding, support

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    The Brazilian Health Care System

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    The Brazilian Health Care System Health care in Brazil became a major issue between the years 1985-1988 (Nascimento, 2013). The citizens took notice that a large gap between health care services provided to the wealthy and services provided to the rest of the population existed. Health care in Brazil became a right to all citizens in 1988 and the Sistema Unico de Saude- SUS (Unified Health Care System) was established (Nascimento, 2013). Citizens are able to purchase private insurance provided that

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    A New Health Care System

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    increasing gap in income inequality between the top 1% and bottom 99% of citizens, negative repercussions Americas health care system are becoming more prominent. Income inequality has resulted in higher health insurance premiums (the most expensive of any developed country) and a lack in the quality of health care one receives. Rising health care costs, along with a poor quality of health care being provided for low-income families is resulting in a greater increase in the income

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    There are various respective roles that health care providers play in the provision of a comprehensive health care system. Hospitals play a key role in the healthcare system due to the systematized medical and certain specialized employees and inpatient amenities. They offer various nursing and medically correlated facilities almost 24 hours in a day and seven hours a week. Nurses are trained to diagnose and treat numerous conditions and can also order and conduct diagnostic tests as well as procedures

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    members of the family, the two-legged and the four-legged kind. How does it look when we do a side-by-side comparison of the human health care system and the animal health care system? Take a look at the difference between wait times when scheduling an appointment and actually seeing a health care provider, the amount of time spent in the exam room with a health care provider, and then finally the cost associated with each visit. After not feeling well for a few days an individual may schedule a

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