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Hi Inbierno, and thanks for writing. Healthcare in Omaha, Nebraska would be an excellent article, and could serve as the main article for Category:Healthcare in Omaha. You can learn about the page creation process at Help:Starting a new page; however, to help move things along I will start the page as a stub, and you can expand it. Make sure you look at the category I mentioned to get an idea of what's already been written about the topic, and let me know if there is anything specific I can assist with! • Freechild'sup? 15:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I start researching this, though, I'm not sure what would go into the article that is unique from Hospitals in Omaha, Nebraska. Working from Health care in the United States as a template, here is some information that could be included:

• Health care providers
  • Services
  • Facilities
• Health care spending
• Health care payment
  • Commercial
  • Public/Nonprofit
  • Role of government in health care market
• Health care regulation and oversight
• System inefficiencies and inequities
  • Inefficiencies
    • Delays in seeking care and increased use of emergency care
    • Shared costs of the uninsured
    • Variations in provider practices
    • Poorly coordinated care
    • Administrative costs
  • Inequities
    • Coverage gaps
    • Medical underwriting and the uninsurable
    • Health disparities among minorities
    • Racism and health
• Regulatory inefficiencies and inequities
  • Healthcare regulatory costs
  • Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
• Political issues
  • Price of prescription drugs
  • Health care debate

Now, note my phrasing that the article could cover these topics - just as a way of sparking your imagination. You can take it whatever direction you'd like, as long as you heed Wikipedia guidelines around verifiability and reliable sources. You can start this one, and I'll help when I see gaps. Again, let me know how I can be of use. • Freechild'sup? 16:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]