A system by which health care is available to all citizens of a country irrespective of their ability to pay.
Sometimes called "socialized medicine" it in fact can be provided using a combination of the public and private sector, compulsory insurance with assistance for those who can not afford it, a system funded entirely by taxes, or both.
The USA is the only developed country not to implement universal health care. The current system is very expensive and inefficient, people in the USA pay more than anyone for health care in the first world yet receive treatment on par with third world countries.
Sometimes called "socialized medicine" it in fact can be provided using a combination of the public and private sector, compulsory insurance with assistance for those who can not afford it, a system funded entirely by taxes, or both.
The USA is the only developed country not to implement universal health care. The current system is very expensive and inefficient, people in the USA pay more than anyone for health care in the first world yet receive treatment on par with third world countries.
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And so it goes on.
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French Man 1: Hoh hoh hoh hoh hoh.
And so it goes on.
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Me: Thank god I live in Europe and I can just go to hospital and get free healthcare.
AF: Damn I wish that was in USA
Me: Thank god I live in Europe and I can just go to hospital and get free healthcare.
AF: Damn I wish that was in USA
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This Woman's child has treatable cancer. She is poor, fuck them, let the child die. We don't care because we don't know the difference between right and wrong. If we help her by having some form of "American Social Health Care" we will be over run by communists and Ho Chi Min will overthrow Barrack Obama.
by captain wagtail May 16, 2009
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Recorded their first album at the Smell in 2006- 2007. Say it was the 'worse idea' and 'super stressful'
Touring follwed all over the US and Europe. Now say Liverpool is a good city to go to.
After the Crystal Castles remix of 'Crimewave' entered the top spot in the UK indie charts. HEALTH produced a remix album titled HEALTH// DISCO. The line reads 'ALL THE HITS REMIXED'. The album featured remixers and dance producers hand picked by the band.
Recorded their second album, this time in a studio. Again, they said it was 'super stressful'. Though they later cleared up that everything they do is stressful.
For the release of the new album the band came up with the Golden Ticket Give-away. The band hand made all the 66 tickets, all related to different prizes. The band made a point by only putting the album cd's with the tickets only available to buy in indie stores. The band also drew up a list of prizes that correlated to the number on the ticket. Prizes inlcude: all paid trip to LA, objects signed in the bands own blood and a bag of cat hair.
Touring followed. This time the band went to Australia and New Zealand.
HEALTH have an internet television show which will feature members of the band called HEALTHvision. Also in early 2010 will produce one off designer items for a limited time.
HEALTH is all caps
Recorded their first album at the Smell in 2006- 2007. Say it was the 'worse idea' and 'super stressful'
Touring follwed all over the US and Europe. Now say Liverpool is a good city to go to.
After the Crystal Castles remix of 'Crimewave' entered the top spot in the UK indie charts. HEALTH produced a remix album titled HEALTH// DISCO. The line reads 'ALL THE HITS REMIXED'. The album featured remixers and dance producers hand picked by the band.
Recorded their second album, this time in a studio. Again, they said it was 'super stressful'. Though they later cleared up that everything they do is stressful.
For the release of the new album the band came up with the Golden Ticket Give-away. The band hand made all the 66 tickets, all related to different prizes. The band made a point by only putting the album cd's with the tickets only available to buy in indie stores. The band also drew up a list of prizes that correlated to the number on the ticket. Prizes inlcude: all paid trip to LA, objects signed in the bands own blood and a bag of cat hair.
Touring followed. This time the band went to Australia and New Zealand.
HEALTH have an internet television show which will feature members of the band called HEALTHvision. Also in early 2010 will produce one off designer items for a limited time.
HEALTH is all caps
by RoboticParrot April 4, 2010
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Steve: "have you done a healthcheck Jim?"
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