Healthcare is the general term used for the entire area of prevention, treatment and cure of illness and disease using the services of medical experts and resources. The World Health Organizations definition is a little different and refers more to the prevention of illness and services to encourage this, in addition to intervention that should be available to a single person as well as a whole population. The organized provision of such facilities may constitute a healthcare system.The term health care has not always been used though and prior to this is it was often just referred to medicine or the health sector but this was used more by English speaking nations. In most developed nations and many developing nations healthcare is provided to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. This first begun in the UK a few years after the end of World War 2 in 1948, and became the first healthcare service set up and run by a administration.Instead a system of compulsory government funded health insurance with nominal fees can be provided, as with Italy, which, according to The World Health Organization, has the second-best health system in the world. Canada and Australia have both begun similar systems and have been running since almost twenty and the 1970’s respectively both going by the name of Medicare. The main nations that do not support this general healthcare service are The United States and South Africa, although they are making reforms to their health service. health care professionals are dedicated to preventing illness and disease mainly, but also to treat and protect the long term health of their patients.Worldwide, over recent decades, there has been a huge growth in the sum of money spent on health care and it is now one of the fastest growing sectors in every developed country with an average cost of ten percent of the gross domestic product. America has seen some of the biggest rises and the figures in 2006 are anticipated to be the same as 2003 with over 15 percent of GDP – it is currently the biggest in the world but the increase by 2016 is expected to be almost twenty percent.currently in the America over 180 million citizens are looking for health care and it will be no surprise to learn that it is top of all concerns for those in and seeking work. A issue which came to a head when General Motors was seriously considering bankruptcy over the strain its health car plan was putting on the company. It was only after negotiations with the unions to reduce certain health benefits and the subsequent sell off of its poorly performing finance division that stopped the unthinkable from occurring.Workers in The United States place this as their number one priority when looking for a prospective employer and often will move to a lower paid position just to improve their medical care. Perhaps it is time healthcare was looked at in a different way and perhaps called health preservation with an accent on fitness and health to ease the need for a top heavy healthcare system which is becoming a global problem.