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Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:07 PM EDT
The debate over healthcare reform in the United States centers around questions of a right to health care, access, fairness, sustainability, and quality purchased by the high sums spent. The mixed public-private health care system in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with health care costing more per person than in any other nation, and a greater portion of gross domestic product (GDP) is spent on it than in any other United Nations member state except for East Timor (Timor-Leste). A study of international health care spending levels in the year 2000, published in the health policy journal Health Affairs, found that while the U.S. spends more on health care than other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the use of health care services in the U.S. is below the OECD median by most measures. The authors of the study concluded that the prices paid for health care services are much higher in the U.S. Read More
By Reuters
He didn't mention them by name, but they seemed to be on his mind. President Barack Obama defended his healthcare reform effort on Friday without mentioning the Supreme Court justices who hold the law's fate in their hands. (Apr 02)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, COURT, SUPREME COURT
By IBTimes
In a sense, a controversial radio talk show host, and former Fox News commentator, had it right: The United States could be headed for a major period of social unrest -- or worse -- but not for the reasons he stated. (Mar 30)
MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BARACK OBAMA, NANCY PELOSI, UNEMPLOYMENT, GEORGE SOROS, UNITED KINGDOM
By IBTimes
In a sense, the controversial radio talk-show host and former Fox News commentator Glenn Beck had it right: The United States could be headed for a major period of social unrest -- or worse -- but not for the reasons Beck stated. (Mar 30)
MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BARACK OBAMA, NANCY PELOSI, UNEMPLOYMENT, GEORGE SOROS, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY
By IBTimes
Conservative religious leaders rail against socialized medicine as others argue providing health care to all Americans is a faithful action. (Mar 28)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ABORTION, SUPREME COURT
By IBTimes
On the third and final day of oral arguments over the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court justices are expected to ask whether the 2010 law could survive the abolition of its requirement that Americans get health insurance. (Mar 28)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, WHITE HOUSE, SUPREME COURT, LAWYER
By IBTimes
Even as Americans are divided by partisan lines, more than three-quarters say the Supreme Court justices' political beliefs will influence their decision when ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. (Mar 26)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, ELECTIONS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK, SUPREME COURT
By IBTimes
The Supreme Court will begin a three-day review of the Affordable Care Act, known to some as either the health care reform or "Obamacare," on Monday, which will go down in history as a landmark case, perhaps the most monumental in more than a decade. (Mar 26)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, GEORGE W. BUSH, COURT, SUPREME COURT, LAWYER, TAX LAW
By IBTimes
While the full bill won't be in effect until 2014, the health care overhaul has already benefited millions of Americans, according to the Obama administration. (Mar 23)
MORE TOPICS: JOE BIDEN, COURT, WHITE HOUSE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUPREME COURT
By IBTimes
Many Americans believe politics and Supreme Court justices' political leanings will influence their decision on the health care overhaul as much as their assessment of the law's merits. (Mar 16)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, SUPREME COURT
By IBTimes
The Congressional Budget Office updated its 2011 figures on the Affordable Care Act and found 2 million fewer Americans will be insured than originally thought. (Mar 13)
