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One nurse’s perspective: How to resolve the high cost of healthcare in the United States

American Nurse

Whenever healthcare professionals, my peers, complain that they don’t want universal healthcare coverage or government control, I remind them that the United States is the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare, and that it has the most uninsured patients and patients who file for bankruptcy due to unpaid medical bills.

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Greens push for free GP visits

Nursing Review

The plan would establish 1000 free clinics across the country, offering Australians access to a GP, dentist, registered nurse or psychologist at no out-of-pocket expense. Costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office at $54bn over the next decade, the Greens say big business would foot the bill.