A review of data on the health sector of the United States.
This report presents data on the state of U.S. health care in mid-2000. It provides information on the number of uninsured and underinsured (with special attention to health coverage among Hispanics and drug coverage among seniors); the increasing costs of health care; inequalities in the socioeconomic, health, and medical spheres; and the role of corporate money in health care. Recent data are presented on the pharmaceutical industry (with special notes on drug industry lobbying, drug safety, the use of publicly funded research to boost industry profits, and drug marketing to physicians) and the hospital and nursing home industries (including Medicare HMOs). The author also summarizes the health proposals of the presidential candidates, recent health care legislation, and some health system changes in Canada.
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Physicians for a National Health Program, 332 South Michigan, Suite 5000, Chicago, IL 60604, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D017277:Drug Approval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D005607:Fraud / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology