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【社会人文】USA TODAY 近期关于美国医疗体制的连
援引中国国务院新闻办２００６.３.９发表的《2005年美国的***纪录》 ，
＂美国的人均医疗费用高于世界其他任何国家，但是，劳动者的医疗保险危机相当突出。据统计，2004年，美国总体医疗费用比2003年上涨8.2％，但有4580万人没有医疗保险，占总人口的15.7％，比上年增加80万人。仅纽约就有近200万居民没有医疗保险，其中三分之二是在职工人。＂
＂美国每年有1.8万人因为得不到治疗而死亡。凯泽(Kaiser)公司2005年9月公布的一项调查发现，只有60％的雇主为员工提供医疗保险，较5年前有明显的下降。＂
＂2005年美国普通家庭的医疗保险已经上涨到10880美元。（注５４）未来几年美国的医疗费用还会以高比例继续上涨，看不起病的人将会越来越多＂
＂2005年11月21日，国会众议院通过了一项削减500亿美元预算的法案，其中包括减少医疗开支、削减对穷人的食品救助和给儿童项目的支持等，这对美国穷人无疑是雪上加霜。＂
如果说这些都是从我们的视角看美国医疗的存在的问题，那么通过USA TODAY 和 ABC News联合开展的新闻调查可以更直观的从普通美国人的角度看美国医疗的问题，相信这也会更能接近事实真相．
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USA TODAY and ABC News to Report Special Series on Health Care
'Prescription for Change: Fixing American Health Care'
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. health care system --
touted as providing the best medical care in the world -- feels more and
more precarious to most Americans, who are rattled by rising costs,
questions about quality and fears about the future, says a new poll by USA
TODAY, ABC News, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. This week, USA TODAY and
ABC News are teaming up to explore the issues with health care in America
in a series titled "Prescription for Change: Fixing American Health Care."
USA TODAY's coverage will be reported throughout the News, Money, and
Life sections of the newspaper and online at USATODAY.com from Monday,
October 16 through Friday, October 20.
Among the issues the series will explore:
* What Americans think is wrong with the health care system.
* Myth vs. reality. What is driving up health care costs and what role
does quality care play in it?
* Evidence-based medicine. Why don't doctors practice medicine that has
been proven to work?
* Are Americans getting too much health care? We focus on back pain
surgery as one example.
* Prescription Drugs. Are new drugs, which are very expensive, really any
better than drugs that have been on the market for decades?
* Universal coverage. What do Americans say about universal health care?
* Improving end-of-life care.
* A hospital system in New Jersey that is making great strides in
improving health care for its patients.
On USATODAY.com, additional coverage will include:
* An animated graphic explaining spinal fusion surgery.
* A U.S. map that shows the average total cost of hospital care during the
last six months of life for a Medicare patient with a chronic illness.
* A case study of what happened when one patient presented at Hackensack
University Medical Center in New Jersey with a heart attack.
ABC News will report Prescription for Change beginning Sunday, October
15 on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," and the series will continue
throughout the week on "World News Sunday," "Good Morning America," "World
News with Charles Gibson," and "Nightline." Reports will also be featured
on ABC News Radio, ABC News Now, and ABCNEWS.com. Adopting a unique
reporting approach, the series will look beyond the problems plaguing the
current system and will propose real, practical solutions the government,
businesses, and individuals can enact. Among the reports that will air: how
those who are uninsured can get basic coverage; one doctor's visionary
ideas for safer, higher quality care; and Wal-Mart's plan to provide
low-priced medical care in its stores.
USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via
satellite at 36 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total
average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide.
USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY
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