Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Should Employers Be Responsible for Providing Health Insurance?
Many people gain access to the healthcare system through insurance that is provided at least in part by their employer. And yet, most uninsured people are employed, almost half full time. In many countries it is the employer's responsibility to prov...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Medical Priorities and Supply-side Controls
Policy makers not only seek to make baseline health care available to everyone, but are asked to determine what kinds of medical needs should be given priority. Great Britain has been making what are essentially rationing decisions for decades, spen...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Controlling Consumption and Conserving Scarce Resources
In recent years the demand for affordable energy has reached crisis proportions. One way to approach the problem is to probe for new sources; the other way is to initiate conservation measures and cut back on consumption. The need to invest in infra...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Serving the Unserved
Two clinics, at opposite ends of the country--Tindeco Health Center in Baltimore Maryland and the Venice Family Clinic in California--each serve vast numbers of people who would not otherwise have healthcare. The patients at these clinic are among t...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Environmental Pollution--A Global Concern
Environmental protection, both within and without the borders of the United States, is a critical concern to this country. Carbon emissions that occur half a world away affect populations across the globe and contribute to global climate change. For...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Dramatic Differences in Environmental Standards Among Nations of World
There are dramatic differences between the environmental policies of the United States and other countries, particularly developing nations. Any attempt to impose U. S. standards on these countries would ignore the survival issues they are facing, a...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: Is Affordable Healthcare an Individual or Governmental Responsible?
Congressman Jim McDermott argues that it is government's responsibility to see that everyone has healthcare that cannot be taken away. The United States, Mexico and Turkey lead the industrialized nations of the world in numbers of people without hea...
Health of the Nation; Health of the Planet: National and International Dimensions of Health
The healthcare of any nation is closely linked to the health of its people. It affects the productivity of its workforce and the health of future generations. The challenge for America's public health services is to protect the health of a society a...