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Health Care as a Democratic Responsibility

The Story of Modern Democracy (cont.)

Not as individuals nor as groups nor as a species can we fully mature without confronting and then incorporating the variety of ideas, values, and behaviors that are associated with an authentic democracy.
The task of sorting out the relationships of democratic processes to the autonomous individual decision-maker, to the expert with valuable special knowledge, to the charismatic leader, to the parent-child relationship, to the health care worker and the patient--all require time and an open, experimental attitude.

CED Brochure, 1995


Related Websites

  3. Mass. Single Payer Health Care
  6. California Prop. 186
  8. Single Payer--FAQ
  9. Health Care Reform in Canada
  10. Physicians for a National Health Program
  11. PNHP Healthcare Data Updates
  12. Health Care Is A Human Right
  13. Why the U.S. doesn't have a national health program
  14. History of Health Care in Canada
  15. Dissatisfaction with US Health Care
  16. Comparing the U.S. and Other Rich Nations
  17. AAOS Principles of Health Care Reform
  18. LWV on Health Care


From the CED video entitled "Democracy In Time:"

Adequate nutrition and health care are necessary for consistently clear thought about the complex issues of our times- as well as being human rights. Unfortunately, in 1994 forty million citizens in the U.S.--15% of the whole population--did not have any health insurance for the whole year, and millions more have to wait for weeks or months just to receive basic health care.

Proposal: Almost all other modern societies guarantee healthcare to all of their citizens. Universal health care, widespread immunizations, campaigns to prevent or treat such scourges as malnutrition, diarrheal disease in children, and AIDS are all markers of a strong and confident democracy that has moved beyond the power of special interests.



The Story of Modern Democracy (to be cont.):


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