If there's one thing that almost everyone in America can agree on, it's that the health care system is broken. Nearly 18 percent of America's economy is devoted to spending on health care, far more than the share in any comparable country. And although the U.S. medical system provides some of the best health care in the world, it does so only for those who can afford it.
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Study Shows COVID-19 Body Count 20 Times Higher Than Seasonal Flu Deaths
Confusion about lethality comparisons may be owing to "a knowledge gap" in how the CDC reports on seasonal influenza and COVID-19. ...
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Study Puts U.S. COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate at 1.3%
As alarming as the numbers appear, the researchers said, their estimates "may be slightly conservative." ...
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Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
Sen. Scott Jensen, R-Minn., a physician in Minnesota, was interviewed by "The Ingraham Angle" host Laura Ingraham on April 8 on Fox News and claimed hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are...
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Coronavirus becomes number one cause of death per day in U.S., surpassing heart disease and cancer
COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, is now the deadliest disease in the United States, killing more people per day than cancer or heart disease. According to a graph published...
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Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
A team of Canadian scientists believes it has found strong strains of cannabis that could help prevent and then treat coronavirus infections, according to interviews and a study.
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