A national health insurance program for the United States

PLoS Med. 2004 Nov;1(2):e39. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010039. Epub 2004 Nov 30.

Abstract

The US will spend $1.79 trillion on health care in 2004, yet 44 million Americans remain uninsured. What the country needs, argues McCanne, is publicly funded universal health coverage

MeSH terms

  • Health Care Reform*
  • Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • Medically Uninsured*
  • National Health Insurance, United States
  • Physician's Role
  • Policy Making
  • Private Sector*
  • Public Sector*
  • Quality of Health Care
  • United States