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	Universal health care - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Universal health care is a health care system in which all residents of a geographic or political entity have their health care paid for, regardless of medical condition or financial status.
		Universal health care systems vary in what services are covered completely, covered partially, or not covered at all.
		Massachusetts is attempting to implement a near-universal health care system by mandating that residents purchase health insurance by July 1, 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Universal_health_care (1043 words)

	Universal Health Care
		Health care reform has been at the core of health care discussions for several years.
		While managed care has been able to contain costs for the most part, now it is evident, at least in terms of the premiums, that those costs were artificially low and are on the rise.
		Health care reform will carry a lot of weight in determining who the next President of the United States will become, and depending on the outcome of this year's election, our progress or regress (depending on who you ask) towards universal health care may be in our future.
	www2.umdnj.edu /omcweb/1999/universalhealthcare.htm (1750 words)

	coffee grounds: Universal health care
		Health care was a small part of the economy, and people didn't go to doctors or hospitals as much (partly because medicine was less effective).
		In short, when health care was a relatively smaller part of the economy and people didn't go to the doctor as much as they do now, it was easier to introduce large-scale changes in how you organized and financed health care.
		Health care is now a large, mature part of all those economies—though smaller than in the United States—but the single-payer or social insurance financing systems were set up well in advance of recent increases in health care expenditure.
	blog.lib.umn.edu /robe0419/coffee/039983.html (838 words)

	Dennis Kucinich on Universal Health Care (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		FACT: "Health care costs are not just a burden and barrier to care for individuals; they are taking a heavy toll on American businesses." The strain on employers in 2005 was staggering.
		Health care is targeted not to medical need, but to the ability to pay.
		Health care is a right that all Americans deserve.
	www.kucinich.us /issues/universalhealth.php (1135 words)

	Universal Health Care (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The cost of health care, which had stabilized in the mid-1990's with the advent of managed care, is climbing rapidly again, putting new strains on employers, workers and government programs that cover 75 million Americans.
		Health care advocates are on the road gathering signatures in an effort to stop a looming 10-percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to nursing homes.
		Health care debt continues to grow for City of Fort Lauderdale - FORT LAUDERDALE · The failed health insurance program has plunged the city $7.5 million in debt, and that number is growing.
	www.whoseflorida.com /universal_health.htm (6619 words)

	AFL-CIO Weblog \| We Need Universal Health Care
		Across every venue we explored, we heard a common message, “Americans should have a health care system where everyone participates, regardless of their financial resources or health status, with benefits that are sufficiently comprehensive to provide access to appropriate high quality care with endangering individual or family financial security.
		Today, some 46 million Americans have no health insurance at all; employers are dropping health care coverage for workers and the average health care premium for family coverage shot up 67 percent between 2000 and 2005 while working families’ wages have stagnated.
		As working families struggle to meet soaring health care costs, the Bush administration is pushing so-called health savings accounts, which force individuals to bear the brunt of health costs, and other schemes that give working families no relief from the health care cost burden.
	blog.aflcio.org /2006/06/12/we-need-universal-health-care (605 words)

	BalancedPolitics.org - Universal Health Care (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against)
		While the quality and availability of medical care in the United States remains among the best in the world, many wonder whether we'd be better off adopting a universal government-controlled health care system like the one used in Canada.
		Since health care premiums continue to grow at several times the rate of inflation, many businesses are simply choosing to not offer a health plan, or if they do, to pass on more of the cost to employees.
		Healthy people who take care of themselves will have to pay for the burden of those who smoke, are obese, etc. Universal health care means the costs will be spread to all Americans, regardless of your health or your need for medical care, which is fundamentally unfair.
	www.balancedpolitics.org /universal_health_care.htm (2543 words)

	Universal health bills 2005
		CO S.B. Concerns the creation of an assembly for comprehensive state health care reform for the purpose of making recommendations to the general assembly regarding access to health care for all Colorado residents.
		FL S.B. Creates Universal Health Access Plan for Children; provides definitions regarding health care services for children; establishes single, publicly financed statewide program to provide medically necessary health services for each child in state without cost to child or his or her family; requires Health Dept. to administer plan.
		KS HB 2001, An act concerning insurance; establishing the Kansas Health Care Commission and providing for the powers, duties and functions;providing comprehensive, statewide health insurance coverage for all residents of the state.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/health/universalhealth.htm (1635 words)

	Universal Health Care
		One of the things that characterizes universal health care is that it should be funded by the state, to make the state the sole payer of that health care system.
		For example, in some cases, health care is provided by the employer but only covers any accident in their job; outside of work, it is another story.
		In the case of universal health care, the employer can pay for a health care that covers the employee inside and outside of work, and this kind of pay in Canada is not as expensive as in the case of the United States.
	prosario-2000.0catch.com /Politics/univ_health_care.htm (4164 words)

	"Solved!" by Ezekiel Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs
		With universal coverage, these boutique insurers will be rendered obsolete as their customer gravitate toward the larger, most efficient firms which offer higher levels of care for the same amount of money.
		Health insurance companies and health plans would continue to contract with physicians, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, pharmacies and other providers for services to the individuals who enroll in their plans.
		The board would be active contractor with health plans, defining and periodically modifying the basic benefits package, informing Americans about their health care options, reimbursing health plans, and undertaking data collection and research related to patient satisfaction, quality of care, and risk and geographic adjustments for payments.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2005/0506.emanuel.html (4069 words)

	Universal Health Care
		COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A push for universal health coverage is being rekindled in some states by the soaring cost of health care and the lack of political support in Washington for federal changes.
		However, Oregon supporters are aiming for another ballot measure in 2008, and a bill in California would have the government pay for health care in a state where 7 million people are uninsured.
		Premiums for employer-sponsored health plans rose an average of 11.2 percent in 2004, the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
	www.cwapublicandhealthcare.org /news/page.jsp?itemID=27157900 (659 words)

	ABCNEWS.com : U.S. Health Care Concerns Increase
		There's long been a schism in concern about health care costs: Most Americans are dissatisfied with the costs of the system overall, and apprehensive about their future expenses — but satisfied with their own current costs.
		In terms of the future, 64 percent of Americans think the country is headed toward a system of rationed health care, in which an increasing number of treatments won't be covered because they're too costly, not essential or have too little chance of success.
		Among uninsured Americans these ratings are lower — but, perhaps surprisingly, still mostly positive: Sixty-nine percent rate the quality of their health care positively; 73 percent, their ability to see a doctor; 55 percent, their ability to see top-quality specialists; 58 percent, their ability to get the latest treatments.
	abcnews.go.com /sections/living/US/healthcare031020_poll.html (1609 words)

	Health Care for All - Nader for President 2004 - www.votenader.org
		The U.S. health care system has many grave faults that could be remedied by a system of universal coverage, including serious gaps in coverage for: prescription drugs and medical supplies; dental, vision, and hearing care; long-term care; mental health care; preventive care for children; and treatment for substance abuse.
		Health care should be provided by a national, single-payer health insurance program—funded by the federal government and providing comprehensive benefits to all Americans throughout their lives.
		Although we can easily provide universal, single-payer health insurance for the same amount that we spend and waste on health care now, public funding will be required to replace the portion now paid for by employers and individuals.
	www.votenader.org /issues/index.php?cid=4 (3578 words)

	Coleen Rowley for U.S. Congress
		Manufacturers like GM, which estimates that health care adds between $1100 to $1500 to the price of each vehicle produced in the U.S., have strong incentives to outsource jobs to countries with cheaper health care costs or to countries where they pay no health benefits to their employees.
		Mental health is as important as physical health, though it is not treated with equal diligence.
		I support mental health reform legislation to establish true parity along the lines of the bipartisan Wellstone/Ramstad bills that call for proportional benefits payments in relation to medical and surgical coverage and the end to discriminatory policies that keep individuals from receiving the treatment they need.
	www.coleenrowley.com /issues_pages/issues_4_healthcare.php (494 words)

	Universal health care revisited Healthcare Financial Management - Find Articles
		According to the World Health Organization, 28 of the world's 29 industrialized nations have instituted some form of universal healthcare coverage for all of their citizens.
		Managed care's cost-cutting strategies coupled with Medicare and Medicaid payment changes have undermined the delicate balance by which the haves supported the have-nots' health care.
		Compared with a universal healthcare system, the U.S. voluntary health insurance system costs at least three times as much to administer and is less likely to cover poor and more gravely ill people.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3257/is_6_53/ai_54956133 (846 words)

	Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, National Health Insurance, Healthcare for All, Single Payer Health Care, ...
		Almost 100 years has passed since the first discussion of national health insurance and we, as a nation, are more held hostage by the whims and desires of the health care/health insurance giants than ever before.
		The health care czars OWN our politicians, and they effectively own all of us to the extent that we either pay them with every penny we have, or die.
		A universal health insurance system that works well for the major industrial nations in the world (and keeps them competitive in the global market place) is scoffed at by the Republican Party, the AMA, the pharmaceutical and private health insurance industry.
	www.americanhealthcarereform.org (1229 words)

	Health and Wellness: Reaffirming Universal Health Care Y2K (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This assault on affordable and accessible health care has reached beyond crisis proportions and is now a major epidemic in the United States.
		Health care costs exceeded $1 trillion in a single year for the first time in 1996.
		The UCC Health Care Task Force was revised and met in Cleveland in November to prioritize health issues and to develop a health agenda.
	www.ucc.org /justice/health/uhc_resolution.htm (698 words)

	CT Coalition for Universal Health Care
		The 2003 debate about health care reform, unfortunately, is likely to be as muddled as it was a decade ago...Now, as then, those with interests in rising health expenditures will try to make sure the American public does not understand the real causes of the recent surge in medical inflation.
		I never cease to be amazed at the burden placed upon seniors, low-income people and working people that has resulted in these segments of the population losing faith in the ability of those in charge to respond to their problems, further resulting in the lowest voter turnout of any major country in the world...
		The fiscal case for National Health Insurance arises from the observation that health care's enormous bureaucratic burden is a peculiarly American phenomenon.
	cthealth.server101.com (2941 words)

	Mission Statement
		We do not believe that human health is a commodity and that health care is just one more market to be exploited.
		We believe there are a range of possible solutions to the present health care crisis in the United States and that these should be openly explored.
		Such a group might endorse a particular solution to their health care crisis, or they might be open to dialogue ranging over a number of possible solutions.
	www.everybodyinnobodyout.org /MissState.html (342 words)

	Universal Health Care Comes True, Massachusetts Will Be First State To Require Health Insurance For All - CBS News
		The state legislature on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking universal health coverage plan that some say could become a model for the rest of the country.
		When there has been talk of universal health care in the past, people have worried that it will put a staggering financial burden on individuals.
		Meyer told Storm the Massachusetts plan might not work as an exact model for the rest of the country, but that it is a promising example of how health care reform might move forward.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/04/06/earlyshow/main1479327.shtml (781 words)

	NPR : Universal Pet Health Care
		Under the measure, veterinary care coverage would be fully subsidized by tax dollars.
		Health and Human Services officials found themselves scrambling to clarify who would be eligible for the controversial Pet Health Insurance Program, or PHIP.
		They fear a broader agenda is behind extension of universal health care to pets.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/features/2002/apr/pethealthcare (552 words)

	Universal Health Care Inc. - Health Information
		The mission of the UHC Community Diversion Program is to provide frail older adults, who need help to remain at home or live in an Assisted Living Facility (ALF), with a broad range of health, mental health, and long-term care services designed specifically to address their individual needs.
		Our Care Managers are skilled in social work, nursing and other health care professions with a great deal of experience working with those age 65 years and older in need of multiple services.
		Care Managers may change or add services if they feel it would be to your advantage and improve your health.
	www.univhc.com /Diversion (640 words)

	3 Steps to Universal Health Care \| SinceSlicedBread.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Health care for Children and Young Adults: Start a single-payer system, similar to Medicare, for everyone under the age of 35.
		By requiring children and young adults to have health care, costs will be controlled.
		Martin didn't have health insurance and was chatting with friends when he came up with his idea.
	www.sinceslicedbread.com /idea/412 (257 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Ballot in Seattle to contain statement on health
		The action came at the request of local union and health-care activists who favor a government-sponsored plan for universal health coverage.
		The language of the advisory ballot was borrowed from a constitutional amendment proposed by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said Brian King, who organized the advisory-ballot effort for the advocacy group Health Care for All — Washington.
		Marty McOmber, a spokesman for Mayor Greg Nickels, said the mayor agrees with the principle of universal access to health care, but was "not necessarily convinced" the advisory vote would have any impact.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002477176_healthcare07m.html (430 words)

	Brainstorming On Universal Health Care, Panel Recommends Funding Through Taxes And User-Paid Premiums - CBS News
		He said they were tired of years of gridlock on health care issues.
		George Grob, the executive director of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group, said the group was not asked to say specifically how to get to universal coverage.
		Advocates of universal coverage said the group's goals are an important reminder of what the public wants.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/06/08/health/main1693963.shtml (882 words)

	Welcome to Universal Health Care Inc.
		Universal Health Care announces increased Medicare coverage choices in 2006 — all with the new Medicare “Part D” prescription coverage
		The plan, available in select Florida counties, truly puts "you first" in access to a wide range of health care services.
		The Plans are designed to provide individuals and their families with all the advantages of Universal Health Care's programs in a cost-effective and efficient managed care setting.
	www.univhc.com (221 words)

	Universal Health Care - Grassroots
		We do not include organizations working on incremental health reforms, that work is vital but differs fundamentally from UHC work.
		Project EINO educates the public, encouraging state movement towards an equitable health care system guaranteeing universal access to care, to be accomplished by support of grassroots organizing and empowerment of those communities most at-risk in the current health care system.
		We encourage all state UHC organizations to recognize that empowering the underprivileged in our society (ethnic minorities, low-income workers etc.) is key to our movements success.
	www.everybodyinnobodyout.org (285 words)

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