- Why doesn't the United States have universal health care? https://qz.com/1022831/why-doesnt-the-united-states-have-universal-health-care/ 23 comments politics
- Why doesn’t the United States have universal health care? The answer has everything to do with race. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/universal-health-care-racism.html?em_pos=small&ref=headline&nl_art=6&te=1&nl=top-stories&emc=edit_ts_20190814?campaign_id=61&instance_id=11638&segment_id=16150&user_id=abd250ecb045297bf65b9f98d13b9ec0&regi_id=46983892emc=edit_ts_20190814 69 comments politics
- Analysis: "Universal Health Care would save the people of the United States about $600 billion" http://www.decisiondata.org/news/how-much-single-payer-uhc-would-cost-usa/ 786 comments politics
- United States: Congratulations for being the only industrialized nation without a universal health care system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/universal_health_care 83 comments politics
- Religious and cultural beliefs may discourage many Latinos in the United States from seeking treatment for depression and other mental health disorders, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study finds. https://news.rutgers.edu/mental-health-stigma-fueled-religious-belief-may-prevent-many-latinos-seeking-help/20190329#.xkniyejyrne 7 comments science
- A Better Path to Universal Health Care: The United States should look to Germany, not Canada, for the best model https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/opinion/health-care-germany.html 21 comments politics
- “Universal health care is an idea that has been supported in the United States by Democratic presidents going back to Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman” - Bernie Sanders http://augustafreepress.com/bernie-sanders-details-medicare-for-all-plan/ 8 comments politics
- In an effort to reduce the spread of HIV, public health officials are considering the promotion of “universal circumcision” for all baby boys born in the United States http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541970,00.html 38 comments science
- Well it is over. Universal health care was just struck from the health care bill. The United State Senate has just told the American people they work for the health care industry and not you. Our elected leaders are fucking cowards. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/senate-group-dropping-dem_n_245839.html 712 comments politics
- The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have the Most Covid Deaths? A Primary Reason is That the United States Does Not Have a Free, Universal Health Care System. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-pandemic-universal-healthcare/ 4306 comments politics
- The United States government spends nearly twiceas much per capita on a private health care system then the Canada government does on its universal health care. http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/5343032/medical%20spending%20differences%20in%20the%20u.s.%20and%20canada.pdf?sequence=1 5 comments politics
- As recently as 2003, Obama told an AFL-CIO gathering in Illinois: "I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program. I see no reason why the United States of America, cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/537639/why_is_barack_obama_writing_gop_talking_points?georedd 5 comments politics
- The religious right who oppose universal health care, yet endorse bombing abortion clinics, can't seem to reconcile the fact that the United States ranks 30th in infant mortality rate due to poor care of low-income pregnant women. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33604403/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/ 14 comments politics
- "How can it be that so obvious a social good as universal health insurance, so humane a solution to common vulnerability, is not sewn deep into the fabric of the United States? How can one of the biggest, richest and most advanced countries in the world tolerate a situation where...?" http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-dejevsky/mary-dejevsky-a-mean-streak-in-the-us-mainstream-1776795.html 3 comments politics
- "The United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers." A whopping 65 percent said yes to that question. By political standards, this is a landslide. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/06/15/a_singular_solution_for_healthcare/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Guess Who Else Is a Socialist?: "Denmark has a slightly higher tax load on its citizens than the United States. But it also has budget surpluses, universal health care, shorter working hours, and was recently rated by Forbes magazine as the best country in the world for business." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/opinion/guess-who-else-is-a-socialist.html 42 comments economy
- Guess Who Else Is a Socialist?: "Denmark has a slightly higher tax load on its citizens than the United States. But it also has budget surpluses, universal health care, shorter working hours, and was recently rated by Forbes magazine as the best country in the world for business." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/opinion/guess-who-else-is-a-socialist.html 6429 comments politics
- Rush Limbaugh threatens to leave the United States for Costa Rica if the Democrats pass the health reform bill. Ironically, Costa Rica has Universal Healtcare and consequently one of the best healtcare systems in Latin America. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/limbaugh-ill-leave-us-if_n_491536.html 50 comments politics
- "In Canada, good-quality, universally accessible medical care is regarded as a basic element of citizenship, kind of like owning a gun is in the U.S. The Democrats in the U.S. Congress are trying to drag the United States into the club of civilized nations when it comes to health care." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/an-inconvenient-truth-for-the-gop-canadas-system-is-better/article1284869/ 3 comments politics