Key points A universal health care system ensures access to quality care for all citizens without financial hardship. Countries adopt different models for delivering universal care, and there are ...

What universal health care means during a pandemic. Our series on universal health care, "The Best Health Care? America & the World," was filmed before the novel coronavirus pandemic exploded.

PHI, an advocacy, research and consulting nonprofit for direct care workers, introduced a new initiative aimed at standardizing training for ...

From this vantage point, universal health care is about common dignity, the idea that each of us believes in the basic worth of another's life. We may not have lived up to that standard yet, but ...

Universal health care (UHC) takes different forms globally. The UK's NHS is an example of a single-payer system, funded by general taxation. Other countries, such as France and Japan, provide ...

I recently participated in a signature-gathering campaign to put the question of universal health care before the Maine voters. While the campaign fell short, I learned some things.

One was to join Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D-Seattle), one of SB 5233’s cosponsors, in writing a letter to the Universal Health Care Commission asking them to study SB 5233 and develop recommendations ...

It is better known as the Universal Health Care Act. President Rodrigo Duterte signed the bill into law on Feb. 20, 2019, enabling members of Congress running for re-election to tell the electorate in ...

We’re Already Paying for Universal Health Care. Why Don’t We Have It? July 18, 2023. ... the United States spends about twice as much on health care as other high-income countries.

Universal health care is undeniably expensive – the NHS is the largest single item of public spending by the UK government – but lack of coverage carries its own cost.