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Chapter 15: Evaluating Socialized Medicine

The issue of health care brings to light a contradiction: human beings are capable of great compassion, yet in societies such as our own, not everyone has equal access to good health care. How can this be? How can people be denied health care simply because they cannot afford it? Precisely this debate is taking place in the United States.

Explore both sides of the issue on the Internet. Visit Socialized Medicine vs. Private Healthcare at www.free-market.org/features/spotlight/9803.html and The Dangers of Socialized Medicine at http://www.amatecon.com/etext/dosm/dosm.html With which side do you agree? Create a presentation in which you try to persuade others to your point of view. Support your viewpoint with solid research. Give your presentation to the class.