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socialized medicine

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
socialized medicine publicly administered system of national health care. The term is used to describe programs that range from government operation of medical facilities to national health-insurance plans. In 1948, Great Britain passed the National Health Service Act that provided free physician and hospital services for all citizens. The system was later amended, now charging a small fee for the filling of prescriptions and the purchasing of eyeglasses and dentures; it is funded jointly by a health-insurance tax and by the national treasury. Doctors are salaried by the government and... Read more
The 1940s: Medicine and Health: Overview
American Decades ...MEDICINE AND HEALTH: OVERVIEW A New Age of American Medicine The year 1940 marked the beginning of a new period in American medicine. The demands of the impending world war brought about...disabled to a more proactive treatment of mental illness. Medicine and the Federal Government The year 1940 ... Read more
Fishbein, Morris 1889-1976
American Decades ...association spokesman A "Socialized Medicine" Opponent One of the strongest opponents of "socialized medicine" in any form was Dr. Morris...autonomy and saw any form of "socialized medicine" as outside intervention... Read more

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Socialized Medicine Belittled on Campaign Trail
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/6/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Morning Edition 12-06-2007 Socialized Medicine Belittled on Campaign Trail...And when they do, the term socialized medicine gets drawn around a lot...It's a European- style socialized medicine plan. That's where it leads... Read more
Socialized Medicine In America
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/29/1993; ; 700+ words ; We have arrived at socialized medicine in America. I do not report...never again be the same. By socialized medicine, I mean the general belief...societies. Still, the advent of socialized medicine ought to give us pause on... Read more
Socialized medicine elsewhere shows why it is a failure
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/3/2007; ; 608 words ; Britain's system of socialized medicine is enough to make your teeth...dental care. But like all socialized medicine schemes, it has produced...don't expect advocates for socialized medicine to be honest about the major... Read more
America Needs Socialized Medicine? It Just Ain't So!
Magazine article from: Freeman; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the lack of Canadian-style socialized medicine and thus to the persistence...such "modest steps" toward socialized medicine since the 1940s. There was...number of countries that have socialized medicine. In this case, correlation... Read more
Socialized medicine is a joke
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/11/2008; 75 words ; Socialized medicine is a joke. Costs are skyrocketing...end in sight, except the end of socialized medicine. In less than 50 years, Medicare...or even feasible for Americans. Socialized medicine is not an answer for our health... Read more
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WOULD BE A BOON EXTEND MEDICARE TO ALL
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 1/2/2003; ; 656 words ; GEORGE Haessler ("Socialized medicine isn't the answer," Dec...as do many Americans. "Socialized" isn't a naughty word...from taxes. Americans have "socialized" public schools, fire departments...a much better example of socialized medicine much closer to home - and... Read more
Medical Warrior. Fighting Corporate Socialized Medicine
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 6/1/1999; ; 286 words ; ...Warrior. Fighting Corporate Socialized Medicine Miguel A. Faria, Jr. Hard...a paradigm of corporate socialized medicine; that doctors, along with...said to be leading us to socialized "corporate" medicine and the collapse of the... Read more
Socialized medicine works
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/9/2008; 131 words ; ...universal health care add up to a kind of "socialized medicine." But the reality is a form of socialized medicine already exists in America: Medicare. Socialized medicine really works. The evidence couldn... Read more
Socialized medicine is the problem
Magazine article from: Ideas on Liberty; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...about his country's system of socialized medicine. After long and hard opposition...the part of defenders of socialized medicine. Nor was this the only such...foundation of quicksand. Rescind Socialized Medicine The only way to enable all... Read more
Socialized medicine hit
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 4/8/2005; 234 words ; Editor, New Era: Socialized medicine is not like paying taxes to the...government is created. Second, socialized medicine only brings more of a burden to...great intentions. The help to get medicine to those who need it does not... Read more

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