Political Issues: Health Care

Summary

Health care is the treatment and management of illnesses of the elderly, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical sciences (in vitro diagnostics), nursing, and allied health professions. Health care embraces all the goods and services designed to promote health, including “preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations”.

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Important Health Care Related Issues

White HouseOfficial government site provides information about the President's Plan, its progress, and guiding principles of health care reform.

Health Care - National Academy for State Health Policy Nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to excellence in state health policy and practice. Conducts policy analysis, provides training, and more.
Health Care - Alliance For Health Reform Nonpartisan nonprofit group working to ensure that all people in the United States have health coverage at a reasonable cost. www.allhealth.org

Health Care - National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) Bipartisan education and information exchange program primarily serving federal legislative and executive agency staff working in health care and related areas.
Health Care - Stanford University Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research Dedicated to education and rigorous investigation to guide health policy and clinical practices.

External Links to Health Care

Health Care - Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) A nationally recognized center of expertise on health care reform.
Health Care - Health-Care Reform Offers a plan to reform the health-care system by restructuring medical education.

Health Care - Fighting Managed Care: A Solo Psychiatrist Fights Managed care Information and resources from a psychiatrist working for a better health care system.

Health Care - American College of Physicians: Managed Care Resources to help you make informed decisions about managed care.

References

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care