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  2. Alternate care site - Wikipedia

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    An alternate care site (ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-health crisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity to deliver medical care within a given area. [1][2]: 1 The term encompasses both civilian-operated medical ...

  3. Public health insurance option - Wikipedia

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    The public health insurance option, also known as the public insurance option or the public option, is a proposal to create a government-run health insurance agency that would compete with other private health insurance companies within the United States. The public option is not the same as publicly funded health care, but was proposed as an ...

  4. Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia

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    No. 20-219, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

  5. Community health - Wikipedia

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    Community health. Public Health Training and awareness campaign. Community health refers to non-treatment based health services that are delivered outside hospitals and clinics. Community health is a subset of public health that is taught to and practiced by clinicians as part of their normal duties. Community health volunteers and community ...

  6. Socialized medicine - Wikipedia

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    Socialized medicine. Socialized medicine is a term used in the United States to describe and discuss systems of universal health care —medical and hospital care for all by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation. [1] Because of historically negative associations with socialism in American culture, the ...

  7. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of health care reform in the United States has spanned many decades with health care reform having been the subject of political debate since the early part of the 20th century. Recent reforms remain an active political issue. Alternative reform proposals were offered by both of the major candidates in the 2008, 2016, and 2020 ...

  8. Deinstitutionalization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1965 amendments to Social Security shifted about 50% of the mental health care costs from states to the federal government, [1] motivating the government [clarification needed] to promote deinstitutionalization. The increase in homelessness was seen as related to deinstitutionalization.

  9. Regulation of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Colorado. [edit] Practice of alternative medicine in Colorado is governed by the Colorado Natural Health Consumer Protection Act. The act prohibits techniques such as psychotherapy, surgery, midwifery, or dentistry but, after full disclosure, permits many alternative practices such as color or aromatherapy which are deemed harmless.