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HEALTH CARE COSTS

Health Care Costs in the United States (Name (School (Professor (Course

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One of the most important responsibilities of the state to its citizenry is the provision of affordable , efficient and adequate health care and services . One would think that the United States , with its great resources in its coffers , would be able to provide that service with ease . But sadly , this is not the case , since the United States provides one of the most expensive health care systems in the world , but is deficient in the delivery

of this necessary service despite the high cost attendant to it . Why has this been the case , and why can other countries provide better service for less cost

Health care in the United States : A steep price tag

It has been said that the American health care system is seriously deficient in the delivery of one of the most basic services for its people-that of providing a viable , affordable and adequate system of taking care of the health of an individual citizen (Charlene Collins 2007 . For Americans that do possess health insurance , they will still have to pay at least 20 percent of the price for hospitalization expenses and treatment (Collins , 2007 . But for one American who can pay the bill for his or her health insurance costs , there is the reality that one American cannot do the same (Collins , 2007 . In August of 2003 the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP ) declared that 8 ,000 doctors and...

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