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In the United States, where health care still includes free enterprise, a patient can enter a doctor’s office or hospital at any time and receive services based on a promise to pay for them by check or cash.  Prices vary, and it is worth shopping around.  Immediate care always remains available at some price.
 
In the United States, where health care still includes free enterprise, a patient can enter a doctor’s office or hospital at any time and receive services based on a promise to pay for them by check or cash.  Prices vary, and it is worth shopping around.  Immediate care always remains available at some price.
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Medical care in the United States has the highest survival rates for cancer and the most advanced procedures.  People from all over the world come to the United States to obtain the best care possible.  The life expectancy for a child born with cystic fibrosis in the United States is 37 years, but only 27 years in Ireland under its government-controlled (or nationalized) health care.
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In the summer 2009, the President Obama and the Democrats in control of Congress proposed a bill calling for a partial government takeover of health care.  Their proposal included a "public option," which would be a government-controlled health insurance program like Medicare and yet available to persons of all ages.  Their proposal includes many other controversial features, including:
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