United States National Health Insurance Act

Infobox U.S. legislation
name= United States National Health Insurance Act
fullname= To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes.
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introducedin= House of Representatives
introducedbill= H.R.676
introducedby= Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
introduceddate= January 24, 2007
committees= Subcommittee on Health
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amendments= The United States National Health Insurance Act (Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, USBill|110|HR|676) is a bill submitted to the United States House of Representatives by Representative John Conyers Jr., D-MI, which as of September 29, 2008 has 93 cosponsors. It was first introduced, with 25 cosponsors, in 2003, [USBill|108|HR|676] and reintroduced each session. The act calls for the creation of a universal single-payer health care system in the United States, in which the government would provide every resident health care free of charge. In order to eliminate disparate treatment between richer and poorer Americans, the Act would also prohibit private insurers from covering any treatment or procedure already covered by the Act. The bill is currently in the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health. The Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, John Dingell (D-MI) has each session introduced a bill with a similar title ("National Health Insurance Act") USBill|110|HR|15 which was first introduced by his father, John Dingell, but which does not provide for universal health care.

The bill has drawn significant attention beginning in July 2007 because of the release of the Michael Moore documentary "Sicko" which focuses on the status of health care in the United States, which is the only developed country which does not have universal health care. [ [http://www.iom.edu/?id=17848 Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations] , Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Science.] [ [http://cthealth.server101.com/the_case_for_universal_health_care_in_the_united_states.htm The Case For Single Payer, Universal Health Care For The United States] , John R. Battista, M.D. and Justine McCabe, Ph.D.] The DVD edition of the film also included a segment (Sicko Goes To Washington) promoting the bill. [ [http://www.americanhealthcarereform.org/ American Health Care Reform.org] ] [ [http://www.pressinterpreter.org/node/291 Towards Universal Health Care] ] [ [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0813-03.htm Universal Health Plan is Endorsed] The Boston Globe August 13, 2003]

ee also

* Canadian and American health care systems compared
* France
* Health care reform
* Healthcare in the United Kingdom
* Healthcare-NOW!
* Medicare (United States)
* Publicly-funded health care

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External links

* – Information on the act from the Library of Congress Database