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Global Push to Guarantee Health Coverage Leaves U.S. Behind

Noam N. Levey | Los Angeles Times | May 12, 2012

Even as Americans debate whether to scrap President Obama's healthcare law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.

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‘Health law upheld, but health needs still unmet’: national doctors group

Press Release | Physicians for a National Health Program | June 28, 2012

Although the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the unfortunate reality is that the law, despite its modest benefits, is not a remedy to our health care crisis: (1) it will not achieve universal coverage, as it leaves at least 26 million uninsured, (2) it will not make health care affordable to Americans with insurance, because of high co-pays and gaps in coverage that leave patients vulnerable to financial ruin in the event of serious illness, and (3) it will not control costs.

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