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Advocates argue that shifting the U.S. to a single-payer health care system would provide universal coverage, give patients free choice of providers and hospitals, and guarantee comprehensive coverage and equal access for all medically necessary procedures, without increasing overall spending.
Barack Obama called for universal health care. His health care plan called for the creation of a National Health Insurance Exchange that would include both private insurance plans and a Medicare-like government run option. Coverage would be guaranteed regardless of health status, and premiums would not vary based on health status either.
First Lady Hillary Clinton at her presentation on health care in September 1993. According to an address to Congress by then-President Bill Clinton on September 22, 1993, the proposed bill would provide a "health care security card" to every citizen that would irrevocably entitle them to medical treatment and preventative services, including for pre-existing conditions. [2]
By the 1994 midterms, any chance of universal health care in America had died. In this case, it wasn't funding but the debate between big and small governments that killed the Clinton reform.
"A universal health care system can make a difference,” Gaffney said, “not only because everyone is covered and can see a doctor when they need to, but because they have a long-standing health ...
Senator Nina Turner, national cochair for Bernie Sanders’s 2020 campaign, writes about the universal programs she’s fighting for as a black woman and as a mother.
Healthcare reform in the United States has had a long history.Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, [1] [2] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (), which amended the PPACA and became law on March ...
The Massachusetts health care ... for universal healthcare, ... funding for public health programs. The most controversial change was the addition of a provision ...