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American Health Care System

I'm the Poster Child for Public Healthcare

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care System, Healthcare, American Health Care System, Politics News
Lara M. Gardner

I sincerely hope our legislators can get their act together and create a health plan that provides health care for every American so all of us can experience true and complete care, as I did.

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Health Care System Wastes Up To $850 Billion Annually, Report Says

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Malpractice, Fraud, Medical Mistakes, Thomson Reuters, Paperwork, Preventable Conditions, Billions, Inefficiency, Administrative Inefficiency, American Health Care System, Billions of Dollars, Waste, Unnecessary Care, Fradulent Medicare Claims, Health Care, Business News

According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the American health care system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year, which is up to a th...

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Healthcare: It's a You-and-Me World

Tabby Biddle | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Forum, American Health Care System, Remote Area Medical, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Los Angeles, Lynne Twist, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tabby Biddle

Those who are opposing health care reform seem to think that if we provide services for the uninsured, that we will somehow be taking away from them.

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Family Values, American Style

Tom Gabbay | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Juvenile Diabetes, American Health Care System, Health Care Reform, European Health Care, Europe, Health Care, Politics News
Tom Gabbay

I've lived in Europe for 20 years; my son has had juvenile diabetes for seven of those. The cost of all that health care over seven years: zero. I've seen the European system up close -- it works.

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Jonathan Alter: Our Heath-Care System Is Just Fine As Is!

newsweek.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Care Insurance, Newsweek, American Health Care System, Health Care Reform, Jonathan Alter, Health Care, Health-Care System, Politics News

Go ahead, shoot me. I like the status quo on health care in the United States. I've got health insurance and I don't give a damn about the 47 million ...

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Mainstream Medicine and the Oprah Factor

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Jenny McCarthy, Suzanne Somers, Oprah Winfrey, Mainstream Medicine, American Health Care System, Living News
Deepak Chopra

If people still trusted the health care industry, then it would be unnecessary to brand Oprah for "crazy talk" simply because she provides a forum for ideas outside of mainstream medicine.

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Canadians Talk to Americans About Health Care

The Real News | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Canadian Healthcare, American Health Care System, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Toronto-Canada, The Real News, Health Care, Geraldine-Cahill, Canada, Politics News
The Real News

An advertisement outlining Canadian dissatisfaction with government run health care is met with disagreement from Canadians.

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Too Much Medicine: A Doctor's Guide to Better and More Affordable Health Care

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: American Medicine, Health Care Costs, American Health Care System, Obama Health Budget, American Health, Medicine, Healthcare, Oecd, Living News
Dr. Dennis Gottfried

American health care is failing, suffering with problems that jeopardize our well-being and that worsen each day. Science, tempered by compassion, once controlled medical decisions--but no longer.

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Health Insurers Make Pitch For Mandated Coverage

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health, Health Care, Universal Health Care, Universal Healthcare, Health Insurance, American Health Care System, Health Insurance Industry, National Health Insurance, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama Health Care, Obama Healthcare, Barack Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Plan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all custo...

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The American Health Care System Is in Pieces -- But Some of the Pieces Are Doing Remarkably Well

Joe McCannon and Maureen Bisognano | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Equity, Disparity, American Health Care System, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Inequality, Politics News
Joe McCannon and Maureen Bisognano

Despite the world's most advanced medical technology and the heroic efforts of devoted clinicians, health care is too expensive, unjustly inaccessible and seriously harmful to many of the citizens it seeks to serve.

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