Many countries have healthcare financing public private partnership. Basically what this means is that the burden does not fall entirely on the government to pay for the healthcare received by the people, but also on the private sector who pays a certain percentage of the costs. In the US the cost of public healthcare falls directly on the shoulders of the American tax payer. This is not delivered in the same way as public healthcare in other countries. Typically, in the US, a family either has a private health insurance plan they are covered under, or they have no insurance, and therefore do not receive any health care. A small number of people become eligible for state funded healthcare through Medicaid. In most states this only applies to households with children under a certain age. Adults who have no dependents are not typically covered under any sort of government health care plan but there are a few exceptions. US military veterans typically receive their healthcare through the government via the VA medical association. In addition, people over 65 receive healthcare through Medicare.
This means that all other adults that are not covered in those categories do not qualify for any type of assistance with health care, short of walk in county clinics that provide very substandard care. This is a national crisis and today with the new health reform, President Obama is trying to make it mandatory for all people to be covered under insurance. The only thing that is flawed with his reform is that the people will be required to purchase their own plans. If they couldn’t buy them before the reform, how would anyone expect this to change because it has become a law? There are many people who are dissatisfied with the new healthcare reform in the US, and there are some that are in agreement. It seems to depend on the class. The minority groups do not seem to be as much for the reform as the people in higher social standing who have never had an issue with healthcare coverage, to begin with.
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