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ivanshpakov
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What kind of health care system does the United States have?

My question related to US health care system.

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Posted by ivanshpakov on Monday November 24, 2008 at 10:29 AM and tagged with health care system, history, usa.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    The American health care system might best be described as mixed. That is to say, there are elements that are completely privately funded. Some forms of elective surgery provide good examples here. Other parts are funded by the government with the express purpose of improving public health. The Center for Disease Control

    (http://www.cdc.gov/ ) 

    is a good example here. Other elements are a kind of patchwork, in which individuals receive varying degrees of governmental funding, which they then apply to health care or insurance.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Monday November 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM