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{{Infobox video game
|title = SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation 
|image = SimHealth cover.jpg
|developer = Thinking Tools
|publisher = [[Maxis]] 
|director = John Hiles
|producer = [[Mike Perry (game developer)|Mike Perry]]
|designer = Greg Wolfson<br />John Hiles
|programmer = Richard Rosenbaum
|artist = Jenny Martin
|composer = Brian Conrad<br />Randy Jones<br />Don Walters
|series = ''[[List of Sim video games|Sim]]''
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|1994}}
|genre = [[Business simulation game|Management simulation]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[MS-DOS]] 
}}

'''''SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation''''' is a [[Business simulation game|management simulation]] video game developed by Thinking Tools and published by [[Maxis]] in [[1994 in video gaming|1994]] for [[MS-DOS]] with assistance from the [[Markle Foundation]]. It is a simulation of the [[United States]] [[healthcare]] system. The game was released during congressional debates on the [[Clinton health care plan]].

Due to the complexity of the game, ''SimHealth'' was seen as being very difficult. Armed with none of the [[tongue-in-cheek]] humor that Maxis' prior games were known for, the only real link to the franchise was the ''[[SimCity 2000]]''-inspired [[user interface]]. The game was seen as more serious than other Maxis games. Noel Fritzinger, who with Lyman Orton first conceptualized [[CommunityViz]], says that his inspiration came from seeing ''SimHealth'' and wondering if the same concepts could be applied to real-world [[land-use planning]].{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}