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Health Care > Federal Health Care > Entitlement Program
Limit the Federal government's role in healthcare and curb large entitlement programs
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Background
The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care.
The government covers a little over one-quarter of the population through healthcare programs for the elderly (Medicare), disabled (Social Security), military service families and veterans (Tricare and VHA), children (SCHIP), and the poor (Medicare). Federal law ensures public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. However, this unfunded mandate has contributed to a health care safety net that some analyses say is increasingly strained. Certain types of medical spending and particularly health insurance benefit from significant tax subsidies; in particular, employer-sponsored health insurance is a non-taxable benefit.
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The government covers a little over one-quarter of the population through healthcare programs for the elderly (Medicare), disabled (Social Security), military service families and veterans (Tricare and VHA), children (SCHIP), and the poor (Medicare). Federal law ensures public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. However, this unfunded mandate has contributed to a health care safety net that some analyses say is increasingly strained. Certain types of medical spending and particularly health insurance benefit from significant tax subsidies; in particular, employer-sponsored health insurance is a non-taxable benefit.
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