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Wysłany: Śro 5:54, 15 Gru 2010 Temat postu: Obama vows to launch US healthcare reform by end o |
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US President Barack Obama delivers opening remarks at the White House Forum on Health Reform, Washington, DC [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], March 5, 2009.
WASHINGTON [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Mar. 5 - US President Barack Obama told a healthcare summit on Thursday that he was planning to launch a reform to address the issue by the end of 2009.
of about 120 medical doctors, patients, health insurance providers and lawmakers at the White House.
According to the White House [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the summit was held to learn from the past healthcare reform efforts, and seek possible approaches to change the costly and inefficient healthcare system in the country, which is undergoing the worst economic meltdown since 1930s.
our economy, then we must address the crushing cost of healthcare this year, in this administration. said that his reform would be different because
Since his presidential campaign, Obama has been persistent with his resolution to launch a reform to realize the universal health insurance coverage and reduce the cost.
Official statistics show that US healthcare costs have grown to2.5 trillion US dollars annually but there are still about 46 million people without insurance.
According to a report by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the US spending on healthcare reached 2.1 trillion US dollars in 2006.
The number was estimated to hit 2.25 trillion dollars by 2007 and reach 4.3 trillion dollars annually in a decade, meaning that about 20 cents of every dollar spent in the US economy will be spent on healthcare by 2017, it showed.
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