National Health Insurance

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"NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES
Summary of Recent History of the Issue
Health care costs in the United States, as a proportion of gross national product, increased from 1981' 8.1 percent to 1990' 12.2 percent. Health care spending as a proportion of gross domestic product is higher in the United States than in any other country (Heidenheimer, Heclo, & Adams, 1995). Such spending is three-times higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom. Such a differential might be justified if health outcomes in the United States were clearly superior to this in Britain. Health outcomes in the United States, however, are often inferior to those in the United Kingdom (Appleby, 1992). Infant mortality is 10 percent more prevalent in the United States than in Britain. Male life expectancy in Britain is four.."

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