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'''Health care''' is the prevention, treatment, and management of [[illness]] and the preservation of mental and physical well being. It usually involves preventive medicine as well as [[drugs]] and [[surgery]].
 
'''Health care''' is the prevention, treatment, and management of [[illness]] and the preservation of mental and physical well being. It usually involves preventive medicine as well as [[drugs]] and [[surgery]].
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In the [[United States of America]], people pay for health care using [[insurance]]. In other countries throughout the world, the government raises taxes in order to provide "[[socialized medicine]]". This has the effect of generally less efficient health care, as well as providing a disincentive to work.
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In the [[United States of America]], people pay for health care using [[insurance]]. In other countries throughout the world, the government raises taxes in order to provide "[[socialized medicine]]". This has the effect of generally less efficient health care, as well as providing a disincentive to work. <<citation needed>>
    
Here are remarkable government statistics on health care:<ref>http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm</ref>
 
Here are remarkable government statistics on health care:<ref>http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm</ref>
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* 7 of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care related.
 
* 7 of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care related.
 
* Health care will generate 3 million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry.
 
* Health care will generate 3 million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry.
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* Americans spend more money per capita, for poorer quality care and shorter life spans, than countries with single-payer or another sort of socialized medicine. 
    
==Politics of health care==
 
==Politics of health care==
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