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Backgrounder: Making Sense of the U.S. Health Care System: A Primer

By Lee Tunstall Comments Off on Backgrounder: Making Sense of the U.S. Health Care System: A Primer , , , , , , , ,

The U.S. health care system is not a universally accessible system – it is a publicly and privately-funded patchwork of fragmented systems and programs. Insured Americans are covered by both public and private health insurance, with a majority covered by private insurance plans through their employers.