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Socialized medicine

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A system of health care in which all health personnel and health facilities, including doctors and hospitals, work for the government and draw salaries from the government.

Doctors in the US Veterans Administration and the Armed Services are paid this way.

And the Veterans and US military hospitals are also supported this way.

Examples also exist in Great Britain and Spain

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