shrinking incomes, and huge increases in malpractice insurance premiums, some physicians are actually abandoning the practice of medicine. Consequently, around 40 million Americans do not have access to healthcare. The current public debate centers not on whether the system must be fixed, but how. Each party patients, doctors, hospitals, employers, insurers, and health plans defends its own needs and priorities.
Almost four decades ago, Canada and the United States had very similar health care systems…
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