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  • Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote

    Nov 20th, 2009 - Boston

    Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health voteWASHINGTON—With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue.

  • Sen. Nelson a 'yes' on health care test vote

    Nov 20th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle

    WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care. The moderate lawmaker told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...

  • Obama drops by daughter Sasha's school for event

    Nov 20th, 2009 - Boston

    BETHESDA, Md.—Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty. The president and first lady Michelle Obama stopped by 8-year-old daughter Sasha's school Friday morning...

  • Senate Dem leader says Congress closer than ever to major remake of US health care system

    Nov 19th, 2009 - baltimoresun

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Democratic leader says Congress is closer than ever to overhauling the nation's health care system. At a Capitol Hill rally, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the $848 billion...

  • Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs

    Nov 19th, 2009 - Yahoo! News

    WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate...

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    Swedens entire population has equal access to health care services. The Swedish health care system is government-funded and heavily decentralized. The health care system in Sweden is financed ...
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    Health Care for America Now is with President-elect Obama when he says we can't afford not to fix our health care system. www.healthcareforamericanow.org
  • France: 'Best' Health Care?
    The French health care system has been dubbed "the best in the world." David Turecamo finds out why the French can afford to get sick.
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Health Care System from WikiPedia:

Health care systems are designed to meet the health care needs of target populations. There are a wide variety of health care systems around the world. In some countries, the health care system has evolved and has not been planned, whereas in others a concerted effort has been made by governments, trade unions, charities, religious, or other co-ordinated bodies to deliver planned health care services targeted to the populations they serve. However, health care planning has often been evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

The goals for health systems, according to the World Health Report 2000 - Health systems: improving performance (WHO, 2000), are good health, responsiveness to the expectations of the population, and fair financial contribution. Duckett (2004) proposed a two dimensional approach to evaluation of health care systems: quality, efficiency and acceptability on one dimension and equity on another.

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