U.S.’ Health Care System vs. Iceland’s
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a. Congress recently failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which creates confusion and uncertainty in the market.
(a.) These factors will drive healthcare premium sky high, making universal healthcare less affordable.
b. The bill presented by republican house failed to gain support from democrats and certain republicans, this was detrimental to the bill from the start.
c. Conservatives in the senate and house stated that it’s time to move on to
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(a) For example, working in unhygienic or unsafe conditions or spending a lot of time in an area with poor air quality is likely to have an adverse effect on physical health status.
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a. A report published by Inter nations on Iceland public health system, revealed the secret of what makes their system great and better than ours; reasons being is because there is no private health care sector in Iceland whereas in the US, it is mostly private.
b. The program is designed and ran by the state, and also funded by its citizens.
(a) You cannot opt out of the public healthcare system
c. With state health insurance, you may receive hospital treatment, medical prescriptions, emergency care, dental treatment, maternity care, and more.
(a) This also includes sickness benefits in case of an illness or injury that leaves you temporarily unable to work.
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a. About one in five Americans (19 percent) named health care as their top issue in 2017 when asked an open-ended question on a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll released January 6.
b. The NNU union will call on voters across the country to build support for its long-term goal of replacing private health insurance coverage
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