Key points A universal health care system ensures access to quality care for all citizens without financial hardship. Countries adopt different models for delivering universal care, and there are ...

What universal health care means during a pandemic. Our series on universal health care, "The Best Health Care? America & the World," was filmed before the novel coronavirus pandemic exploded.

From this vantage point, universal health care is about common dignity, the idea that each of us believes in the basic worth of another's life. We may not have lived up to that standard yet, but ...

Universal health care (UHC) takes different forms globally. The UK's NHS is an example of a single-payer system, funded by general taxation. Other countries, such as France and Japan, provide ...

I recently participated in a signature-gathering campaign to put the question of universal health care before the Maine voters. While the campaign fell short, I learned some things.

One was to join Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D-Seattle), one of SB 5233’s cosponsors, in writing a letter to the Universal Health Care Commission asking them to study SB 5233 and develop recommendations ...

A recent study conducted at Yale showed that a universal health care plan like Sen. Sanders’ Medicare for All would reduce the national health care expenditure by 13.1%, or $458 billion annually ...

Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution is “actually very simple,” according to MIT economist Amy Finkelstein.

Universal health care is not divisive August 17, 2022 More than 2 years ago Mandela Barnes speaks to supporters after the Democratic Senate primary in Milwaukee on Aug. 9.

Universal health care is undeniably expensive – the NHS is the largest single item of public spending by the UK government – but lack of coverage carries its own cost.