Academic sources notes:A Universal Healthcare System: Is It Right for the United States?

 

Title: A Universal Healthcare System: Is It Right for the United States? http://0-web.ebscohost.com.janus.uoregon.edu/ehost/detail?vid=11&hid=102&sid=6ec2272c-4b6c-4418-b86c-4f29a8089ccb%40sessionmgr102&bdata=JmxvZ2lucGFnZT1sb2dpbi5hc3Amc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZlJnNjb3BlPXNpdGU%3d#db=aph&AN=23764533

Summary: Uninsured Americans are a financial burden on themselves and the healthcare service, but with government policy reform universal coverage is possible.
Topic: http://cdeross5150.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/policy-question/
Category: academic
What is it?: text, professional journal
Publication Information: Nursing Forum, Blackwell Publishing Limited, Jan-Mar 2007, Vol.42, No.1
Author: Marleise Rashford  
Location: http://0-web.ebscohost.com.janus.uoregon.edu/ehost/detail?vid=11&hid=102&sid=6ec2272c-4b6c-4418-b86c-4f29a8089ccb%40sessionmgr102&bdata=JmxvZ2lucGFnZT1sb2dpbi5hc3Amc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZlJnNjb3BlPXNpdGU%3d#db=aph&AN=23764533
Accessed: 3/12/09

Support: Wealthiest Nations 2002; Medicare; Medicaid; Universal Healthcare Action Network; Health Care Access Campaign; Working for Justice in Healthcare; National Association of Community Health Centers; U.S. Census Bureau; Health Insurance Law Weekly; Harvard Medical School and Public Citizens Group; American Medical Association; Germany; France; Canada; Great Britain; Nova Scotia Nutrition Survey; Oregon Health Plan; Washington Basic Health Plan; Wisconsin Badger Care; Mass Health;

 

Audience and Agenda: Blackwell Publishing Limited is an independent publisher of educational books and journals. Their website receives 58.5 thousand U.S. visitors monthly.

Usefulness: This article explains the strain unisured Americans are puttin on emergency department across the country. It explains how universal health care works in other countries. It argues that universal heath care can be achieved if reform can be made to government health programs, insurance companies, and unnecessary spending in the health system.

Works cited: http://www.quantcast.com/blackwellpublishing.com

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