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In a country where insurance is out of reach for many, it is not uncommon for couples to marry, or even to divorce, at least partly so one spouse can obtain or maintain health coverage.

A healthcare showdown

The draft Democratic Party platform that was sent out last week puts health care reform front and center.

Despite spending half what the U.S. does on health care, Canada doesn't appear to be any worse at looking after the health of its citizens

Dr Mehmet Oz (right) shot to fame when Oprah Winfrey picked him to be her TV show

Castonguay's evolving view of Canadian health care, however, should weigh heavily on how the candidates think about the issue in this country.

Promises of universal health care roll off the tongues of several presidential candidates but how do they plan to achieve it? Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Director of the Clinical Bioethics Department at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, says he's got the solution, in the form of an innovative and crowd-pleasing voucher plan.

A government-sponsored survey of the use of computerized patient records by doctors points to two seemingly contradictory conclusions, and a health care system at odds with itself.

A discussion about healthcare with Ezekiel, Ari, and Rahm Emanuel