United States National Health Insurance Act

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United States National Health Insurance Act
Full title To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes.
Acronym / colloquial name USNHI
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  • Signed into law by President on
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The United States National Health Insurance Act (Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, HR 676) is a bill submitted to the United States House of Representatives by Representative John Conyers Jr., D-MI, which as of April 24, 2008 has 90 cosponsors. It was first introduced, with 25 cosponsors, in 2003,[1] 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") HR 15 which was first introduced by his father, John Dingell, but which does not provide for single payer universal healthcare.

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.[2][3] The DVD edition of the film also included a segment (Sicko Goes To Washington) promoting the bill.[4][5][6]

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  1. ^ HR 676
  2. ^ Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations, Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Science.
  3. ^ The Case For Single Payer, Universal Health Care For The United States, John R. Battista, M.D. and Justine McCabe, Ph.D.
  4. ^ American Health Care Reform.org
  5. ^ Towards Universal Health Care
  6. ^ Universal Health Plan is Endorsed The Boston Globe August 13, 2003

[edit] External links

  • HR 676 – Information on the act from the Library of Congress Database