TY - JOUR
T1 - The Jackson National Health Program
AU - Navarro, V.
AU - Himmelstein, D. U.
AU - Woolhandler, S.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - In this position paper we outline the major problems that exist in the U.S. health care system and present a proposal for addressing them. This paper contains the major health proposal put forward by the Jesse Jackson 1988 Campaign, calling for the establishment in the United States of a universal and comprehensive National Health Program (NHP) that will be federally funded and administered and be equitably financed. We also discuss how the NHP will affect patients, unions, corporations and employers, practitioners and other health workers, hospitals, and the insurance industry. Specific proposals are made for the transition from the current system to the proposed NHP, with a discussion of the major differences between national health proposals put forward by the two Democratic contenders for the U.S. Presidency. This position paper also includes a brief appendix sketching some of the major differences between the U.S. and the Canadian medical care systems.
AB - In this position paper we outline the major problems that exist in the U.S. health care system and present a proposal for addressing them. This paper contains the major health proposal put forward by the Jesse Jackson 1988 Campaign, calling for the establishment in the United States of a universal and comprehensive National Health Program (NHP) that will be federally funded and administered and be equitably financed. We also discuss how the NHP will affect patients, unions, corporations and employers, practitioners and other health workers, hospitals, and the insurance industry. Specific proposals are made for the transition from the current system to the proposed NHP, with a discussion of the major differences between national health proposals put forward by the two Democratic contenders for the U.S. Presidency. This position paper also includes a brief appendix sketching some of the major differences between the U.S. and the Canadian medical care systems.
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U2 - 10.2190/NHEP-LN4M-D85R-ERB9
DO - 10.2190/NHEP-LN4M-D85R-ERB9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2494124
AN - SCOPUS:0024554032
SN - 0020-7314
VL - 19
SP - 19
EP - 44
JO - International Journal of Health Services
JF - International Journal of Health Services
IS - 1
ER -