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Hot Topic: Health Care Crisis

From presidential campaigns to the big screen, from the kitchen table to the corner café, the looming health care crisis is not only a source of much debate, but the source of a devastating reality for many Americans. Lack of adequate health coverage has not only been injurious to their health but also ruinous to their finances. Health care reform has been debated for years and in the meantime, millions of Americans are without health insurance and those with coverage are finding it to be inadequate. Prescription costs keep going up, emergency rooms are overcrowded, and it's feared that the cost of Medicare may bankrupt the country.

Below you will find a list of articles, books, and web sites to help you learn more about the health care crisis.

Sick : the untold story of America's health care crisis--and the people who pay the price
Jonathan Cohn.
1st ed. , New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2007.
362.10973/COHN

Health security for all : dreams of universal health care in America
Alan Derickson.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005.
362.10973/DERICKSON

The new health insurance solution : how to get cheaper, better coverage without a traditional employer plan
Paul Zane Pilzer.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2005. 368.382/PILZER

One nation, uninsured : why the U.S. has no national health insurance
Jill Quadagno.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. 362.10425/QUADAGNO

Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! : reforming health care for the last years of life
Joanne Lynn.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2004.
362.19897/LYNN

What's your life worth? : health care rationing-- who lives? who dies? who decides?
David Dranove.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : FT Prentice Hall, c2003.
362.10425/DRANOVE

Massachusetts Begins Universal Health Care; [FINAL Edition] Christopher Lee - Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: July 1, 2007. ; p. A.6 (ProQuest Newspapers)

What does a health crisis look like? See Houston. Richard Wolf. USA Today, June 19, 2007; (AN J0E142894739907) (MasterFILE Premier)

Mandatory Coverage Is Easier Said Than Done. Reed Abelson. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: June 11, 2007. ; p. H.2 (ProQuest Newspapers)

Fact and Fiction in Health Care Reform. Clive Crook. National Journal, June 9, 2007, Vol. 39 Issue 23, p20-21, 2p; (AN 25487517) (MasterFILE Premier)

Meet My Med Student She Doesn't Have Health Insurance, Which Says A Lot; [REGION Edition]. Pittsburgh Post - Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pa.: May 23, 2007. ; p. B.7 (ProQuest Newspapers)

Medi-Cal plan has doctors divided; Schwarzenegger's proposal would collect 2% of physicians' gross income to help pay for universal healthcare.; [HOME EDITION]. Jordan Rau Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: May 14, 2007. ; p. B.1 (ProQuest Newspapers)

Without Health Benefits, a Good Life Turns Fragile; THE UNINSURED: Middle Class Not Exempt. Robert Pear. UNew York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: March 5, 2007. ; p. A.1 (ProQuest Newspapers)

http://www.kaisernetwork.org "The mission of the Kaiser Family Foundation is to provide timely, reliable, and non-partisan information on national health issues to policymakers, the media, and the general public." Includes a link to health08.org for continuing analysis of health care issues as addressed by the presidential candidates.

http://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis PBS - Healthcare Crisis: Who's at risk?

http://www.calhealthreform.org A "non-partisan resource for comprehensive information and analysis, discussion and news about health care reform in California" created by the Center for Governmental Studies and the California HealthCare Foundation.

http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu "The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is one of the nation's leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California."

http://www.statecoverage.net/pdf/StateofStates2007.pdf "State of the States is a comprehensive, annual review of coverage expansion efforts in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. for a given year."

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthin05.html Data on health insurance coverage from the United States Census Bureau.