A National Health Insurance Program for the United States
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A National Health Insurance Program for the United States
The total projected spending on health care in the United States for 2004 is $1.79 trillion—15.5% of its gross domestic product [1]. That amounts to $6,167 per person, almost twice what most nations with comprehensive systems spend on care. Most policy analysts agree that this level of spending should be more than enough to provide all Americans with high quality, comprehensive health care. Yet...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010039