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| | US Health Care System Open-Content investigative project managed by kuhan, blackmax, KarenWehrstein
This is the home page for the US Health Care System investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
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Events Recently Added to the US Health Care System timeline
- 11/27
- Folk Singer Defuses Potential Confrontation at Idaho Health Care Reform Rally, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/27
- Representative Asserts that Health Care Reform Would Provide for ‘Death Counselors’, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Giuliani: Health Care Reform Will Result in ‘Death Panels’, August 13, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Pollster: Anti-Reform Protests Succeeding in ‘Perpetuat[ing] Misinformation’, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Anti-Health Care Protester: Obama, Like Hitler, Will ‘Get Rid’ of Elderly ‘Undesirables’, August 13, 2009, posted by blackmax
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What's New?
9/26/2009 Health Care Reform and Non-Traditional Sources
The US Health Care project is focusing on the controversy surrounding the efforts to reform the US health care system. Because of the changing nature of the media covering the issue, we are using more “non-traditional” media sources than we usually do, including a limited amount of citizen-generated blogs and other non-professional media sources. What do … More
12/6/2006 Documentary on US Health Care System
The producers of 9/11: Press For Truth have nearly finished shooting their new movie, Losing Patients, an examination of the health care crisis in America! The documentary takes a dramatic, comic, and heart-felt look at the personal stories involved in the failure of the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Their funding, alas, will soon run out. In order … More |
Recently Added Events
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently added events: next 20 - 11/27
- Folk Singer Defuses Potential Confrontation at Idaho Health Care Reform Rally, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/27
- Representative Asserts that Health Care Reform Would Provide for ‘Death Counselors’, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Giuliani: Health Care Reform Will Result in ‘Death Panels’, August 13, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Pollster: Anti-Reform Protests Succeeding in ‘Perpetuat[ing] Misinformation’, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Anti-Health Care Protester: Obama, Like Hitler, Will ‘Get Rid’ of Elderly ‘Undesirables’, August 13, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Health Insurer Urges Employees to Protest Health Care Reform, Provides Information to Use in Protesting, August 13, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/22
- Republican Lawmaker Denounces Polarizing Health Care Debates, Hands Out ‘Inflammatory’ Flier, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/19
- Leader of Americans for Tax Reform Admits Role in Health Care Reform Protests, August 5, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/19
- Texas Republican Party Celebrates Riotous Confrontation at Recent Health Care Reform Meeting, August 5, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/19
- Media Reports on Increasing Agitation, Disruption at Health Care Town Halls, July 31, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/19
- Anti-Health Care Reform Study Created by Health Insurance Corporation, July 27, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/19
- Republicans: Obama Health Care Reform Would Lead to ‘Government-Encouraged Euthanasia’ and ‘Mercy Killing’, July 23, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/19
- Fox Anchors, Wall Street Journal, Limbaugh, Drudge Echo False Claim by Health Care Lobbyist, February 9-10, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Shouting, Heckling Mark Maryland Senator’s Health Care Discussion, August 10, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Liberal Congressman: Much Easier for Anti-Reform Protesters, Lawmakers to ‘Just Say No’, August 7, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Palin Repeats Debunked ‘Death Panel’ Claims on Facebook Page, August 13, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- White House Health Care Adviser Rebuts ‘Deadly Doctor’ Claims, August 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Senate Finance Committee Hearings Exclude ‘Single-Payer’ Proponents, April 21-May 12, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Obama Says Medical Costs Can Be Trimmed by Cessation of Unwanted ‘Extraordinary Measures’ for Terminally Ill Patients, June 24, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Health Care Lobbyist Accuses White House Advisers of Favoring Denial of Treatment to ‘Less Productive’ Citizens, July 23-24, 2009, posted by blackmax
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Recently Updated Events
- 10/13
- Study Ranks US Health Care System Last among Six Wealthy Countries, May 15, 2007, posted by blackmax
- 9/11
- Conservative Pundit Predicts Obama, Democrats Will Engineer ‘Final Solution’ of Enforced Abortions, January 27, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 9/7
- FreedomWorks, Lobbying Firm Fighting Health Care Reform, Profiled by Progressive Site, April 14, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 6/30
- Alleged Abortion Murderer’s Ties with Operation Rescue Uncovered, May 31, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 8/20
- Whistleblower Says Government Mismanaged African AIDS Study, January 4, 2005, posted by Paul
- 11/28
- Congressional Committee Investigation Finds Dramatic Reduction in FDA Enforcement Activity, June 26, 2006, posted by Derek
- 11/28
- Parke-Davis Launches Marketing Campaign to Promote Off-Label Uses for Neurontin, 1996-2000, posted by Derek
- 11/14
- Health Care Costs Increase 7.3 Percent, 1999, posted by sffej
- 11/10
- Merck Official Concerned that Study Would Show that Vioxx Causes Heart Problems, November 21, 1996, posted by sffej
This grassroots investigative project seeks to provide a detailed record of all events that contribute to an understanding of why the US has the worst health care system in the industrialized world. A major focus of this citizen-led inquiry will be the Medical Industrial Complex which has had a dominant role in shaping the health care system.
Health care expenditure in the US is a whopping 16 percent of the GDP—about twice as much as that of Europe, Canada, and Japan. Despite the huge sums of money that Americans spend on health care, the US is ranked dead last among industrialized nations in Life Expectancy at birth. As the world’s wealthiest country, the US has failed to provide its citizens the right to health care as mandated by UN charter. Other troubling facts about America’s health care system include the following:
- The health care system kills more than 200,000 Americans each year.
- More than 45 million Americans do not have access to decent health care.
- America is the only country in the industrialized world that does not provide some form of national health care. Every attempt to provide universal health care since the days of Harry Truman has been blocked by private sector interests even though polls show that the majority of Americans want national health care.
- In 2005, the number one reason for bankruptcy was unpaid medical bills (mostly by people who have health insurance).
- Corporate health care fraud has dramatically increased in recent years.
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