COMMENTARY: Making the case for a single payer system

[...]close to $17 of every $100 spent in America’s economy is spent on health care. [...]yes, Americans like their employer-based health care system — that is, until in their 50s they lose their job and are set adrift at a time in their life when health care needs become more pressing. First place w...

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Published inDayton Daily News (Online)
Main Author Mack Van Allen
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Dayton Cox Newspapers, Inc 13.09.2018
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Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
Gretzky, Wayne
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Industrialized nations
Medicare
Canada
United States > US
Saskatchewan Canada
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Summary:[...]close to $17 of every $100 spent in America’s economy is spent on health care. [...]yes, Americans like their employer-based health care system — that is, until in their 50s they lose their job and are set adrift at a time in their life when health care needs become more pressing. First place was occupied by Tommy Douglas, the Saskatchewan politician who led the fight in Canada for a universal health care system.
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