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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 governments use tax revenue as a method of providing insurance. Some countries even go as far as paying doctors and nurses directly ([[socialized medicine]]). This has the effect of generally less efficient health care, as well as providing a disincentive to work.
    
Here are remarkable government statistics on health care:
 
Here are remarkable government statistics on health care:
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