Resources
The Uninsured at a Glance: Report by the Kaiser Family Foundation detailing key facts about the uninsured in the United States
Glossary of Healthcare Terms: A very useful list of commonly used healthcare terms compiled by Dr. Sharon Lee
History of the development of the Healthcare system of the US: A brief a useful guide to how things came to be the way they are now. Compiled by Dr. Sharon Lee.
Candidates on Healthcare: A listing of the candidates position on healthcare reform paraphrased by Dr. Sharon Lee.
The Physicians Proposal for National Health Insurance : “Proposal of the Physicians’’ Working Group for Single-Payer National Health Insurance,” JAMA 290(6): Aug 30, 2003
Liberal Benefits, Conservative Spending
Another great introductory handout.
Key Features of Single-Payer
A useful handout detailing the main features of single-payer.
House Resolution 676 - a bill to provide health insurance to all United States resident as proposed to the 110th congress by Representative John Conyers and co-sponsors.
Activist Groups Nationally and locally who are fighting for Universal Healthcare
Massachussets 2006 Healthcare plan
Oregon Health plan
Maine Healthcare plan
Consumer Directed Medicine: Except for the Healthy and Wealthy It's Unwise. "Perspectives" article by Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH and David U. Himmelstein, MD
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