I've been hearing so much talk about a request for a public option for healthcare, and decided to take a dive into why we have insurance, to the benefits of it, and look into things like the U.K.'s and Canada's NHS and compare it to what we have here in the States.

 

https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/your-medicare-coverage-choices/whats-medicare

 

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/medicare/what-is-medicare

 

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/what-is-medicaid/

 

https://www.medicare.gov/about-us/how-is-medicare-funded

 

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/medicare-medicaid-whats-difference-29615.html

 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-covered-under-obamacare-4083032

 

https://www.healthline.com/health/consumer-healthcare-guide/pros-and-cons-obamacare

 

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/obamacare-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-aca-before-you-vote

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2019/09/16/obamacare-drives-hospital-consolidation-raising-prices-for-patients/

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patients-outraged-after-losing-doctors-under-obamacare/

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rural-hospitals-close-medicaid-aca_b_5c4734d8e4b09dd3f0cb1f08

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/20/678395984/5-ways-nixing-the-affordable-care-act-could-upend-the-entire-u-s-health-system

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2013/06/10/thanks-to-obamacare-a-20000-doctor-shortage-is-set-to-quintuple/

 

https://healthecareers.com/article/healthcare-news/physicians-and-the-affordable-care-act

 

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/physician-data-offer-new-insights-aca-s-coverage-impact

 

https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/employer-based-health-care-cons-pros/

 

https://www.griffinbenefits.com/blog/history-of-employer-sponsored-healthcare

 

https://www.mercatus.org/publications/government-spending/tax-exemption-employer-provided-health-insurance

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/03/22/yes-it-was-the-affordable-care-act-that-increased-premiums/

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/upshot/costs-health-care-us.html

 

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-experience/how-to-rebalance-the-supply-demand-scales-in-healthcare.html

 

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2014/05/31/the-272-billion-swindle

 

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/legal/feds-amassed-26-billion-2019-healthcare-fraud-cases

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/medicare-funds-totaling-60-billion-improperly-paid-report/story?id=32604330

 

https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NHE-Fact-Sheet

 

https://hbr.org/2013/09/the-downside-of-health-care-job-growth

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/711688988/feds-charge-24-in-alleged-1-2-billion-medicare-fraud-scheme

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/12/15/370377838/prolific-prescribers-of-controlled-substances-face-medicare-scrutiny

 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article234993252.html

 

https://www.propublica.org/article/we-asked-prosecutors-if-health-insurance-companies-care-about-fraud-they-laughed-at-us

 

https://www.bcbsm.com/health-care-fraud/fraud-statistics.html

 

https://patch.com/new-york/foresthills/forest-hills-duo-indicted-30m-medicare-fraud-scheme-feds

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/oct/15/nhs-cancer-joints-surgery-age-discrimination

 

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1074585-under-socialism-you-would-not-be-allowed-to-be-poor

 

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