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24 Oct 2019These days, expenditure on health amounts on average to some 9 per cent of gross domestic product in the prosperous nations of the West. Whether through direct taxation, social security, social health insurance or private means, it’s a substantial amount.
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9 Mar 2017From a comparative perspective the health system of the United States has a history that is both representative and idiosyncratic.