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Research Sources

We’re grateful to the following resources for providing background information for this activity:

American College of Physicians

http://www.acponline.org/

Democratic Underground

http://www.democraticunderground.com

Everbody In, Nobody Out

http://www.everybodyinnobodyout.org/index.htm

No Free Lunch

http://www.nofreelunch.org

Physicians for a National Health Care Program (PNHCP)

http://www.pnhp.org

“Why the U.S. Needs a Single Payer Health System” by David U. Himmelstein, M.D. & Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.

Physicians for a National Health Care Program (PNHCP)

“No Health Insurance? It's Enough to Make You Sick”

American College of Physicians

“Uninsured Children” by Dena Bunis

Salon, October 21, 1999

“Waiting Room” by Scott Harris

Salon, October 21, 1999

“Clinton Continues to Push for Reforms” by Dena Bunis

Salon, January 21, 2000

“Courting the Uninsured” by Dena Bunis

Salon, April 13, 2000

“Single Payer is not so Simple and Smart” by Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D. & Robert J. Cihak, M.D.

WorldNetDaily, April 13, 2001

“Medical Association Won't Back Single-Payer Health Plan” by Peter Neurath

Puget Sound Business Journal, October 1, 2001

“Study: Problems With Medicare Drugs”

Associated Press, April 10, 2002

“Critics Research Single-Payer Flaws” by Frank J. Heller

Maine Skeptic, November 1, 2002

“Critics Blast Oregon's HilaryCare Proposal” by Jon Dougherty

WorldNetDaily, September 29, 2002

“Health Insurance Coverage: 2001,” adapted from a U.S. Census Bureau Report

Alamanac of Policy Issues, September 30, 2002

“Hazardous to your Health” by Debra Saunders

Townhall.com, December 27, 2002

“Heath-care Demagogues” by Doug Bandow

Townhall.com, December 31, 2002

“Costs of Health Care Administration in the United States and Canada” by Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H, Terry Campbell, M.H.A., and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.

Massachusetts Medical Society, 2003

“Universal Health Care Won't Work -- Witness Medicare” by Sue A. Blevins

The Cato Institute, April 11, 2003

“Gephardt Issues Proposal on Health Insurance” by Adam Nagourney

New York Times, April 24, 2003

“Democrats Taking a Big Gamble on Health Insurance” by James Kuhnhenn

Knight Ridder Newspapers, April 25, 2003

“Universal Health Care” by Thomas Sowell

Townhall.com, May 6, 2003

“Gephardt's Elephant” by Robert Novak

Townhall.com, May 8, 2003

“Universal Health Care in California Carries a Hefty Price Tag” by Robert Kazel

American Medical News, May 12, 2003

“Legislature Enacts Universal Health Care Plan”

Associated Press, June 17, 2003

“Problems Similar Across Health Care Systems” by Maggie Fox

Reuters, June 20, 2003

“Impacts of Health Care Reform: Projections of Costs And Savings” by Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D.

National Coalition on Health Care, 2005

More Information

Explore each candidate’s proposals for healthcare.

Hillary Clinton

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/healthcareplan/

Barack Obama

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

John McCain

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/...

Mitt Romney

http://www.mittromney.com/Issues/healthcare

Credits

• Written by Melissa Joulwan
• Produced by Meghan Laslocky
• Designed by Rick Elizaga and Eric Westby
• Created by KQED Interactive
• In memory of Sean Fagan