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Further Reading about Universal Health Care PDF Print E-mail

 

Resources from AtMP

  • Op-ed calling for marriage-neutral reform written AtMP’s executive director. Please contact AtMP for permission to re-publish this op-ed in your local paper. 
  • Policy briefing paper about hospital rights by a 2008 college intern. (PDF)
  • Policy briefing paper about job-based insurance by a 2008 college intern. (PDF)
  • Newsletter article about access to health care by a 2006 college intern 

 

Resources from organizations we respect

  • Slides from a 2006 study (PDF), which found that affording health care is a bigger problem for unmarried Americans than married ones. More than 14% of unmarried voters – and almost 20% of unmarried non-voters – were unable to pay for necessary care in the past year (compared to less than 5% of married voters). For more information about this study, visit Women's Voices, Women Vote.
  • A study by UCLA’s Williams Institute , which found that “employers’ health insurance coverage for legal spouses places unmarried couples at a disadvantage for obtaining coverage…. [P]eople with same-sex or different-sex unmarried partners are two to three times more likely to be uninsured than married people, even after controlling for factors influencing coverage.”
  • The Universal Health Care Action Network website features resources, links to local efforts, and information about the national movement for health coverage for all people.
  • One way to achieve truly universal health care is called “single payer.” Physicians for a National Health Care Program answers frequently asked questions about single payer systems here.