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The Role Of The Federal Government Essay

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How big is the role of the federal government in health care delivery and financing in the United States? From our first lecture and in the textbook, it was noted that the US government is heavily involved in the provision of health care with 33.5% of the total money spent for health care coming from US government. Considerably more in financing than the delivery of health care. The US government’s involvement in health car...

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