Issues in Health Care
Health care in America encompasses a vast array of professions, and the issues tied to health care quickly become complex. As both providers and as consumers, athletic trainers need to understand the health care climate.
Health Care Reform
Understanding the Issue
- New!!!- E-mail 'analysis' of health bill needs a check-up By: Angie Drobnic Holan, Politifact.com
- Senate Finance Letter
- HELP Letter
- House Tricommittee Letter
- Ten Questions on the Health-Care Overhaul By: Janet Adamy, The Wall Street Journal
- Health Care Reform Fact Sheet
- Health Care Reform: An Introduction from the Congressional Research Service
- Side by Side Comparison of Health Care Reform Proposals from the Kaiser Family Foundation
- Briefing Paper for Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Letter From the President to Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Senator Max Baucus
- The New Yorker: The Cost Conundrum- What a Texas town can teach us about health care.
- President’s Blog
- An interview with White House Health Care Czar Nancy-Ann DeParle
- Congressional Quarterly Report on a HCR Mandate
- Get the latest Senate news
- Link to Baucus site
- White House Forum on Health Reform
- SFC press release
- Pelosi press conference
- Who’s Invited to the Table
- HHS Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Health Care Reform White Paper
Proposals
- SFC Policy Option: Expanding Health Care Coverage
- SFC Policy Option: Transforming the Health Care Delivery System
- SFC Policy Option: Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform
NATA
- Visit the Legislative Alert Center
- Notes from the NCSL Meeting on Health Care Reform