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Consumer Health Complete
Full-text articles to support research in aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, and nutrition. Includes teen health topics for teens and parents.
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"Often young people assume that, because they are healthy, they can do without health insurance. Then, the unexpected happens--a car accident or a serious illness--and they are left with a mountain of medical bills they cannot pay. This volume explains exactly what health insurance does for people, and the types of health care plans, including private, group, and government plans, and their similarities and differences. It discusses the various insurance...
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Health care reform has been at the center of political debate during the past decade. Everyone agrees the current system needs changes, but it seems few people can agree on how many changes and what kind. Some believe it simply needs a few small adjustments, while others believe it should be completely scrapped and rebuilt from the ground up. Detailed graphs, full-color photographs, annotated quotes from experts, and enlightening sidebars augment...
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"In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act instituted one of the most comprehensive overhauls of the United States health care system in history, with the goal of insuring almost every American. Factions opposed to the law argue that the government should not have a role in providing health care coverage, and that lower-quality care and high costs are the inevitable result. Supporters of universal health care argue that every person...
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