Obama’s proposed national, public health care plan has received such fierce opposition, that it has now turned to private cooperatives, like Group Health, to maintain competitive rates against private insurers. Group Health Cooperative, like other cooperatives, offer its members both insurance and health care services. This system is better known as a health maintenance organization [...]
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Doctors’ Duty to Patients – Emotional Counselor or Simply a TroubleShooter?
NPR has a story exploring the role of US doctors. In the midst of health care reform debate – it’s asked: what role do doctors have in caring for their patients? What level of burden shall be placed upon patients when reporting their ailments to their doctor? The answers may determine the doctor’s form of [...]
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Does the US Government have a moral obligation to provide universal health care?
The long-standing debate on universal health care continues in our Nation, as Obama faces doctor groups and insurance lobbyists that vehemently oppose health care reform. The US health care system is #37 on the World Health Organization (WHO) list, following Columbia, Chile and Costa Rica. Aside from the nitty-gritty details of any proposed legislation, in [...]
