The rediscovery of the National Health Program by the Democratic Party of the United States: a chronicle of the Jesse Jackson 1988 campaign

V Navarro

doi:10.2190/WURU-DA14-6RY2-22L9

The rediscovery of the National Health Program by the Democratic Party of the United States: a chronicle of the Jesse Jackson 1988 campaign

Int J Health Serv. 1989;19(1):1-18. doi: 10.2190/WURU-DA14-6RY2-22L9.

Author

V Navarro¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.

PMID: 2925296
DOI: 10.2190/WURU-DA14-6RY2-22L9

Abstract

This report chronicles the major developments in the Jesse Jackson 1988 Campaign and their consequences for the establishment of a national health program in the United States. It describes the characteristics of the Jackson 1988 Campaign, and the set of events that led to the rediscovery of the national health program by the Democratic Party of the United States.

MeSH terms

Health Benefit Plans, Employee / legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy*
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Male
National Health Insurance, United States*
Politics*
Social Class
United States