Websites
“California Physicians Alliance”
CNN.com – section focused on “Health Care in America”
Congress.org – “Roll Call” – page with easy way to find your officials by entering your zip code and see how they voted on various bills
David Roberts, Organizing For America, 50th Congressional District of California Health Policy Team – sends out updates on health care reform. Can send e-mail to him and ask to be put on list for updates
Families USA – the Voice for Health Care Consumers, a website with lots of resources and information concerning health care reform, the SCHIP legislation to cover more children, etc.
Govtrack.us: Best site for finding out who your congressional representatives is “govtrack.us” and then click on “members of congress”, which will give names, contact info and maps for any congressional district in the US, and also give updates and track legislation.
Health Care for All – California
Health Care for America NOW! quality, affordable health care we all can count on.
Healthcareguaranteed.org – website promoting the “Guaranteed HealthCare Access Plan” as the best way to insure that every US citizen has access to effective, affordable and essential health care.
Healthcare Finance News – a website with current information on healthcare finance and reform
HealthReform.gov – government website with event blogs, articles and information on health care reform, including a weekly update on Health Reform
National Health Council – putting patients first. The National Health Council provides a voice for the millions of people with chronic disabilities and their caregivers.
National Patient Advocate Foundation – website for patient advocacy, with information on health care reform and other patient advocacy topics
Network of Strength Advocacy website for “Breast Cancer Network of Strength” – advocacy includes a focus on meaningful health care reform
Prescription for Change.org, the website for the Consumers Union’s health care reform campaign, with suggestions for how to “act now”, “share your story” proposals, newsroom, etc..
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website, section on “Health Reform 2009”, with articles and blogs on health care reform, features concerning the RWJF Index for consumer confidence, etc.
The Blog for the White House – website with articles on health care reform from time to time
- A section on “Health Care Reform REALITY CHECK” features “facts about the stability and security you get from health insurance reform” with short videos on myths being spread and “reality checks”.
- A section on “Health Insurance Consumer Protections” features “the security you get from health insurance reform”.
Organizing for America section for:
- “Searching for an event near you” by zip code
- “Setting the Record Straight” on health insurance reform
- “Health Care Action Center”
Obesity
Websites providing a short primer on policy and environmental approaches to addressing childhood obesity:
www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org
Books
A Second Opinion: Rescuing America’s Health Care (Hardcover) by Dr. Arnold Relman, A Century Foundation Book, 2007.
Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis by Tom Daschle, Thomas Dunne Books, 2008
Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple Secure Solution for America by Ezekiel Emanuel, Public Affairs, New York, 2008
Media
“Health Care Reform Special Report” on PBS Presents, September 24, 2009.
“The High Cost of Health Care (Part 1)”, a radio interview/call in show by Maureen Cavanaugh and Natalie Walsh, on “These Days”, August 3, 2009 – including audio and transcript and featuring Dr. Norah Swartz
“Economists Krugman, Butler on Funding Health Care”, a radio interview by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, National Public Radio, July 28, 2009.
“Reforming Healthcare Reform”, a radio interview with Dr. Arnold Relman, by Ira Flatow on Science Friday, July 10, 2009.
“Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on Universal Health Care”, a video interview from the “NOW” program with David Brancaccio, April 13, 2007
“Sick Around the World: Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health care system?” Frontline program featuring the health care systems in Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland
“Sick Around America: Investigating the stories of Americans whose lives have become a quest to find and keep health insurance” Frontline program
Articles and Blogs
“How American Health Care Killed My Father” by David Goldhill, Policy September 2009, The Atlantic.
“Why We Need Health Care Reform” by Barack Obama, Op-Ed Contributor, August 15, 2009, The New York Times
“Last Temptation” an interview with Wendell Potter. (The former mouth piece for insurance giant Cigna divulges his role in misleading the public, the emotional day that led to his whistle-blowing…) August 2009, Guernica.
“The Policy-Speak Disaster for Health Care” by George Lakoff, August 20, 2009, Truthout.
“We need clear thinking: There should be no clash between public option and single payer” by Joshua Holland, July 13, 2009, AlterNet.
“How much health care for $1 trillion?” By Susan Page, July 15, 2009, USA TODAY
“Taxing the Rich: The (Politically) Smart Way to Pay for Health Care” by Nate Silver, July 11, 2009, fivethirtyeight.com.
“Mid-Point Check” by Bill Blake, July 9, 2009, HealthCare Guaranteed blog. Good summary of where we are now, graded, compared to plan proposed in HealthCare Guaranteed.
“Baucus and Grassley team up on bipartisan healthcare compromises” by Noam Levey, July 9, 2009, Los Angeles Times.
“A Line in the Sand Is Occasionally Useful”, by David Bromwich, July 8, 2009, The Huffington Post,.
“Schumer promises public option in healthcare bill” by Jeffrey Young, July 5, 2009, thehill.com
“Familiar Players in Health Bill Lobbying: Firms are enlisting ex-lawmakers, aides”, Health-Care Reform 2009, by Dan Eggen and Kimberly Kindy, July 6, 2009, Washington Post
“Op-Ed: A Social Democrat Weighs in on a Government Health Plan”, by David Hansen, June 24, 2009, Healthcare Finance News
“Americans Believe Fixing Health Care System is Key to Fixing Economy”, National Patient Advocate Foundation – result from a new survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
“Taking the Hill”, by Matt Bai, The New York Times Magazine, June 2, 2009. An article on how the healthcare legislation is getting made.
“The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town can teach us about health care.” By Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 1, 2009.“The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town can teach us about health care.” By Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 1, 2009.
“Hope for Fundamental Health Care Reform” by Robert Frank, May 29, 2009, a posting on “FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right” which discusses Ezekiel Emanuel and Victor Fuchs “Healthcare, Guaranteed” plan. There are many interesting comments that follow as well.
“Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look, Levy Viewed as Way to Reduce Deficits, Fund Health Reform“, by Lori Montgomery, Washington Post, May 27, 2009 — Washington Post front-page article stating that some legislators now favor a sales tax, mentioning Ezekiel Emanuel’s plan:
“Health Care Vouchers – A Proposal for Universal Coverage” (pdf) by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Richer R. Fuchs, The New England Journal of Medicine, 352;12, March 24, 2005 pp. 1255 – 1260:
“A Modest Proposal for a Competing Public Health Plan” (Policy Paper) by Len Nichols and John Bertko, New America Foundation, March 11, 2009
“How We’ll Get to Universal Health Care: Patching The Tattered Blanket”, The Huffington Post, February 18, 2009
“Getting There From Here: How should Obama reform health care?” By Atul Gawadne, The New Yorker, January 26, 2009 - an article in the New Yorker about how other countries have gotten to “universal health care”
Reports
“Health Policy Brief: A Public Health Insurance Plan: Should Americans be able to enroll in a newly created, publicly administered health insurance option as the nation works to expand health coverage?” Health Affairs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, June 19, 2009.
“Fork in the Road: Alternative Paths to a High Performance U.S. Health System” by Cathy Schoen et al., The Commonwealth Fund, June 24, 2009.
“Options for Financing health Reform: Comparing the Impact of Selected Policy Options”, summary, The Commonwealth Fund, June 24, 2009
“How We Can Pay for Health Care Reform”, Urban Institute Researchers Calculate Savings from Reform and Show that Revenue Options Provide Ample Funds to Finance Health Care Reform”, by Berenson et al., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 29, 2009
“Evidence Based Critique of America’s Health Care System”, PowerPoint presentation by Jeoffry B. Gordon