Five strategy innovations to redefine the debate surrounding baseline national health coverage in the United States

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

10 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

03/05/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
Efforts made towards baseline access to healthcare.
Creation of a social movement.
The opportunity to change the tone surrounding healthcare reform.
Political organizations.
1. The language of the opposition.
2. The first step towards creation of the relevant moral arguments.
3. The second pillar of arguments against universal coverage.
4. The role of policymakers.
5. Examples of successfully moving a political issue into the sphere of moral relevance
Grassroots movements.
1. Focus on the specific demands of the advocating group.
2. Grassroots organizations.
3. Leverage points that policy makers and health care consumers must act upon.
Conclusion.

Abstract

Healthcare is the single most pressing domestic issue in American politics. Over 45 million Americans are uninsured; likely twice that are underinsured. 80% of the uninsured are workers, or live in families with workers. Extensive work has documented the market failure related to health insurance and access to healthcare. A multitude of proposals as to how to change the system exists; the political will and organization to close this gap currently does not exist. As with most services, the government has a role to play in securing access and coverage where the private market is unwilling or unable to provide that product or service to segments of the population. This does not hold, of course, for all products and services; the government should not be in the business of insuring all Americans have access to Playstations. It does hold, however, for goods and services that are considered rights or benefits of living in the united states. The post office is a good example of a service that exists at a reasonable rate and can be accessed by all Americans. This is not because UPS or DHL could not take over the job of reaching all Americans, it is that they simply would not, because there is little money to be made delivering a handful of letters and bills in Gnome, Alaska.