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- Arguments for and against Universal Health Care (BalancedPolitics.org)
Provides six arguments for and 11 arguments against universal health care. 08-07
- Articles in Favor of Universal Health Care (Physicians for a National Health Program)
"The U.S. spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, $7,129 per capita. Yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves 46 million without health coverage and millions more inadequately covered."
"This is because private insurance bureaucracy and paperwork consume one-third (31 percent) of every health care dollar. Streamlining payment though a single nonprofit payer would save more than $350 billion per year, enough to provide comprehensive, high-quality coverage for all Americans." 08-07
- Editorial: The Case for Universal Health Care (Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care)
"The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee access to health care as a right of citizenship. 28 industrialized nations have single payer universal health care systems, while 1 (Germany) has a multipayer universal health care system like President Clinton proposed for the United States." 08-07
- Obama to Propose a New and Comprehensive Health Care Reform Bill (New York Times)
"And though Americans have heard officials in both parties talk for nearly a year about “President Obama’s health care plan,” the legislation unveiled on Monday will actually be the first comprehensive proposal put forward by the White House." 02-10
- Universal Health Care (Wikipedia.org)
"Universal health care is a state in which all residents of a geographic or political entity have access to most types of health care.
"Universal health care is provided in most developed countries, and many developing countries across the globe." 08-07
- Universal Health Care News and Information (PolicyAlmanac.org)
"The U.S. spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, $7,129 per capita. Yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves 46 million without health coverage and millions more inadequately covered."
"This is because private insurance bureaucracy and paperwork consume one-third (31 percent) of every health care dollar. Streamlining payment though a single nonprofit payer would save more than $350 billion per year, enough to provide comprehensive, high-quality coverage for all Americans." 08-07
- Arguments against Universal Health Care (National Review - Editors)
"Those reforms should begin with the rejection of the goal of universal coverage. Deregulating health insurance would make it more affordable, and thus increase the number of Americans with coverage. But to achieve universal coverage would require either having the government provide it to everyone or forcing everyone to buy it. The first option, national health insurance in some form or other, would either bust the budget or cripple medical innovation, and possibly have both effects. Mandatory health insurance, meanwhile, would entail a governmental definition of a minimum package of benefits that insurance has to cover. Over time, that minimum package would grow more and more expensive as provider groups lobbied the government to include their services in the mandate." 08-07
- Arguments for and against Universal Health Care (BusinessWeek.com)
"Small businesses—and large—have trouble attracting the best job candidates because of the high price of health care. Entrepreneurship demands nationalized medical insurance. Pro or con?" 08-07
- Arguments for and against Universal Health Care (PBS.org)
Provides guidance and resources for students to write a 500-word editorial or essay. 08-07
- Divided We Fail Program (AARP.org)
"We believe that the opportunity to have access to health care and long-term financial security is a basic need that all Americans share. We believe it is the foundation for future generations." 03-08
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