People for a universal health care believe...
With a universal health care plan, national resources could be used to improve care. Laws would regulate the quality and price of care. Money would be put into research, new treatments, and renovation. Programs could be put into affect nationally, in order to educate the public and professionals. The benefit of having all this done on a national scale is that it can step back, look at the trend in the medical field as a whole, and fix it with some authority. With separate companies, no one wants to take responsibility and thus certain issues fall through the gaps. Money falls into the hands of middlemen instead of physicians for the treatment of patients. If everyone were covered by a national insurance, the government would be responsible for making sure things get done properly. A national health plan would take away the desire to earn profit, ideally lowering costs and eliminating corruption and greediness.
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/campaign/
This is a subdivision of the page for the Bureau of Primary Health Care, a part of the Health Resources and Service Administration. The page focuses on providing information for the underserved, with links to clinics and information about programs. The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) assures that underserved and vulnerable people get the health care they need.
This page is a
subdivision entitled Major Initiatives Supporting
100% Access and 0 Health Disparities
http://www.pnhp.org/publications/NEJM1_12_89.htm
From the Physicians for a National Health Program website:
“A National Health Program for the United States: A Physicians’ Proposal”
David U. Himmelstein, M.D., Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.,
A proposal for a national health program that would cover everybody under one plan, would provide the required operating costs to all hospitals and offices, pay physicians and care-takers sufficiently, and cut down on the current bureaucracy.
Website for Physicians for a National Health Plan
Health Care for All
http://www.u2kcampaign.org/resources/educationhandbook.htm
The handbook for the Universal Health Care Campaign. Provides biased yet factual education
Website for the Universal Health Care Action Network, whose goals are for a health care system that is universal, of comprehensive quality, affordable, and publicly accountable.
universal health care action network
http://www.cepr.net/columns/weisbrot%20II/real_cure_for_hmos.htm
From the Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services:
“The Real Cure for HMO’s” by Mark Weisbrot.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/health/091700_quit.html
An example of what can happen when doctors are forced to work to accommodate HMO schedules instead of trying to give quality care to a number patients less than what the HMO requires from them.
Links to nations currently with universal health care
UNITED KINGDOM - NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
http://www.ability.org.uk/uk_national_health_service.html
Index of links to pages related to the U.K’s National Health Service
http://www.nhs.uk/
The official website for United Kingdoms National Health Service.
Links on the website connect the user to their local NHS services and
provides information about the working of the NHS and how one should utilize the
organization.
http://www.nhs.uk/thenhsexplained/default.asp
http://www.nhs.uk/thenhsexplained/priorities.asp
http://www.doh.gov.uk/about/nhsplan/priorities/index.html
http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsinfo.htm
CANADACANADA
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/datapcb/datahesa/E_sys.htm
Canada’s Health Care Policy Division. Contains comprehenseive information on the Canadian health care system, facts, history, how their universal system works, etc.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/index.htm
Health Canada Online. Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. Health Canada promotes the development of health policy, enforce health regulations, and promotes disease prevention.