In Health Care, Gap Between Rich and Poor Persists, W.H.O. Says
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Despite significant gains in medical science, disparities in public health persist between rich and poor countries.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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While spending on health has tripled over the last 20 years, poor countries are not reaping the benefits, experts warn. BY MICHAEL O BOYLE/The Herald Mexico.
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Canada&#39;s provincial finance ministers say the federal government has enough money to pay for &quot;significant&quot; changes to the health-care system, despite its pleas of poverty.
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Both presidential candidates agree the American health care system is troubled: Coverage is too costly, too many are uninsured. But President Bush and Democratic
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ALBANY, NY -- The multi-billion-dollar health care program that helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year, Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned Thursday.
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The gap between UK rich and poor is as wide as it has been for 40 years, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says.
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Mexico has some of the highest and the lowest standards of living in the world, such is the extent of the gap between rich and poor, a UN report says.
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The new dental and vision benefit program for federal employees and retirees tries to fill a gap in their health-care coverage by offering a mix of national and regional plans that vary in cost and enrollment options.
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Thailand has made substantial progress on the health of women and children, but needs to provide more education on preventing HIV and close the health gap between rich and poor, a UNICEF study found Friday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The gap between rich and poor  in Brazil is huge but when it comes to housing, they often live  side-by-side.
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The growth in health care spending by private employers slowed in recent years, creating some optimism that the employers had turned the corner in their struggle with rising costs. But any relief appears to have been short lived, according to a study to be released today.
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At some point in life every American enters through the doors of a hospital. Health care is a connection that can&#39;t be avoided which makes it a crucial issue in the presidential campaign.
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State efforts to transform the nationâs health care system appear to be on a collision course with the Bush administrationâs latest budget proposal.
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It has been a summer of dire warning about eroding health care, leading doomfully toward a health summit in September. This is not new. For a decade, virtually the entire political class and opinion elites have said our health care is not ...
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Around the United States, there are perplexing geographic variations in medical expenses and the quality of care.
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The health of former Indonesian president Suharto, who was rushed to hospital in critical condition last week, continues to improve although he remains weak, hospital doctors said on Monday.