Questions tagged [healthcare]
Questions related to the sociopolitical fundamentals of healthcare (i.e. access to healthcare in a given country) regarding the policies regulated and/or supplied by governments.
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Did the European Commission start an infringement procedure related to the quality of one or multiple EU members health systems?
Note: I will use Romania as an example in my post, but the question is general (EU level).
Environment-related infringement procedures are something rather usual in the EU. Just to pick an example, ...
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(How) did Trump's administration rebut the accusation that lowering drug prices via regulations is tantamount to socialism?
In an amusing perhaps reversal of the usual rhetoric from ads in the 2020 elections, Trump found himself being accused of advancing some kind of socialism, at least if AP's summary of the rhetoric ...
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Is there some legal basis for POTUS having to "clear" subordinates for certain therapies?
Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, was quoted saying that:
"President Trump was following my condition and cleared me for the monoclonal antibody therapy ...
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Healthcare Insurance (Income & “Silver” Plans) [closed]
I’m a young college student looking to start purchasing health insurance here in the United States this year. I’m aware that open enrollment for 2021 starts tomorrow (November 1, 2020) and fully ...
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Why is the healthcare quality of the Veterans Affairs lower than that of active duty?
Medical centers operated by the Military Health System, which serves active duty members of the US military, deliver high quality health care with minimal wait times.
The Veterans Affairs, which ...
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Are any nations in discussions with China to prevent any further dangerous viruses from becoming pandemic? [closed]
Has the US (or any western government) made any representations to China concerning responsibility regarding Covid-19?
And is anyone in discussions with China, or any other country, as to how to ...
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What are the details of the Republican healthcare plan described by Trump in mid-July 2020?
Appearing on the 'Fox News Sunday' show on July 19th, giving an interview (transcript) with Chris Wallace, President Trump gave the following response to a question about his administration's actions ...
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Why doesn’t the Republican majority in the United States Senate reintroduce their heathcare legislation?
Republicans have been touting to "repeal and replace Obamacare" ever since Obamacare was first passed under the Obama administration. In 2017 the republicans put out their healthcare bill on ...
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How has the Scottish Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic differed from that of the UK Government?
As healthcare is a devolved matter in the UK, the Scottish government is broadly responsible for the Scottish response to the pandemic, while the UK government is chiefly responsible for the response ...
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Who was responsible for the decision to play "Live and Let Die" at Trump's visit to a mask factory? [closed]
Some of the media has been pointing out the irony in that when Trump was visiting a mask factory, the Guns and Roses song "Live and Let Die" was being played on loudspeakers. Some coverage of the ...
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Why is the United States voluntarily funding the World Health Organization 60 times more than China?
I read on https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/trump-says-he-s-halting-payments-to-who-for-data-sharing-failure:
The U.S. has contributed about $893 million to the WHO’s operations ...
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What is the difference between the NHS and PHE (Public Health England)?
In the UK we've heard a lot from both the NHS and from PHE - for example, today's briefings had the medical directors of both the NHS and PHE.
I'm a little confused as to the role of PHE given that ...
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What long-term options do politicians have for Covid-19 and what are their implications? [closed]
At the moment, basically every country seems to be busy avoiding catastrophe by a lock down. There is only little to no long-term exit strategy and for good reasons. However, the ultimate goal of ...
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How does libertarianism handle contagious diseases or pandemics?
In libertarianism, each person is responsible for their own health. Nobody is forced to take health insurance, and a hospital is not obliged to provide care to an individual who cannot pay for the ...
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Why did Secretary Michael Pervan not appoint a CHO in 2018?
So, I was looking at the Australian Chief Health Officers (CHOs), and couldn't find one for Tasmania.
Upon further investigation, it looks like the Tasmanian Health Department was re-organized in ...
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