The United States National Health Insurance Act
The United States National Health Insurance Act
Executive Summary
The United States National Health Insurance Act establishes a new American national health insurance program by creating a single payer health care system. The bill would create a publicly financed, privately delivered health care program that uses the already existing Medicare program by expanding and improving it to all U.S. residents, and all residents living in U.S. territories. The goal of the legislation is to ensure that all Americans, guaranteed by law, will have access to the highest quality and cost effective health care services regardless of one's employment, income, or health care status.
And from the PNHP press release:
Quentin Young, M.D., convener of the physician panel:
"Good news. There is now a way to exit the nightmare of a collapsing health system. We no longer have to put up with the outrageous costs that keep millions of Americans from receiving medical care and needed medications. Nor will tens of thousands of families have to declare bankruptcy over medical bills. Universal national health insurance (single payer) takes the resources we have in place and deals with them in an intelligent manner, excluding the tragic hemorrhage of resources into non-health entities."
Executive Summary of The United States National Health Insurance Act: http://www.pnhp.org/nhibill/nhi_execsumm.html
The full text of The United States National Health Insurance Act: http://www.pnhp.org/docs/nhi_bill_final.pdf
Recorded telecast of the press conference on kaisernetwork.org HealthCast: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/calendar/calendar.cfm?show=4 and click on the calendar under Feb. 4, "Physicians for a National Health Program - National Health Insurance Bill (DC)"
PNHP press release: http://www.pnhp.org/nhibill/nhi_press_release.html
The Coalition for a National Health Program is being launched to bring together all those who support the kind of national health plan embodied in the US National Health Insurance Act. Bookmark this site and return to it soon: http://www.cnhp.us/