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S.I.C.K in the USA
Health care is a hot topic in America today. Everyone gets so worked up over it that they make themselves sick. They discuss one powerful topic: the division of health insurance. Health insurance is divided into two camps, public and private health insurance.
Public health insurance is where the federal (or state) government provides health insurance, while private health insurance is sold by companies. Everyone bickers about which kind of insurance might be better, but the main difference is that although public health insurance costs almost nothing to have, right now, very few people qualify for it. With private health insurance, you can either have an employer help pay for it or get it yourself.
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financial factoid
The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system. (Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences)
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