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Considering the current healthcare environment, as it relates to legislation and policy, what do you consider to be one of the most important issues to address? examples include the high cost of health care, uninsured individuals, and technology advancements in health care.
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What obstacles need to be overcome to address this issue? so in regards to the most important issues, the first one would be the high cost of health care.
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This is not an order of importance, but high cost of health care.
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And secondly, uninsured individuals.
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So those would be the two most important issues that need to be addressed when it comes to health care and the health care environment.
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So in regards to what obstacles need to be overcome to address this, when it comes to high costs of health care, what needs to be overcome is the fact that because it's for profit, we see those costs skyrocketing because they can set the costs, medical professionals can set the cost at whatever they want.
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That enables insurance companies to set the cost at what they want...