government healthcare
Public health system
Government healthcare is a system where the state funds, administers, or directly provides medical services to citizens, typically financed through taxation.
The term often appears in political debates contrasting public and private approaches: Government healthcare would eliminate insurance premiums.
Also called public healthcare or, in single-payer systems, universal healthcare.
- taxpayer fundingMoney from citizen levies
- public hospitalsGovernment-operated medical facilities
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- waiting listRecord of hopeful applicants
- vaccination programsOrganized public inoculation efforts
tax dollars · Affordable Care Act · Medicaid · single-payer system · safety net · community clinics · free clinic · registered nurses · budget allocation · deficit spending · social security contributions · out of pocket · epidemiologists · means testing · sliding scale fees · primary care · fiscal policy · red tape
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