Health Care

League of Women Voters^®
of New Orleans

Go to this section for information from LWVUS on this important issue.

LWVUS Position Statement. Side-by-Side Analysis. Health Care Education Background Papers.

LWVUS Position Statement

The League believes that quality, affordable health care should be available to all U.S. residents. Other U.S. health care policy goals should include the equitable distribution of services, efficient and economical delivery of care, advancement of medical research and technology, and a reasonable total national expenditure level for health care. Furthermore, the League believes that all Americans should have access to a basic level of care that includes the prevention of disease, health promotion and education, primary care (including prenatal and reproductive health), acute care, long-term care and mental health care.
Through decades of work in their communities, League members have learned that Americans believe that fairness and responsibility, as well as access, are important values for any health care system. We believe that healthcare reform can only succeed if it takes all these values into account.

Health Care Legislation Side-by-Side Analysis

The Senate Finance Committee is currently debating health care reform legislation. The Senate Finance Committee bill and the other two major Congressional health care bills are described in the linked side-by-side analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing and communicating the best possible information, research and analysis on health issues.
Click Here for a Side-by-Side Analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Health Care Education Background Papers

Health Care Education Background Papers
The Health Care Education background papers examine various questions.
A Short History of Major Changes in the U.S. Health Care System since 1994: Costs, Coverage and Quality
by Doris Isolini Nels
Evolution of the Health Care System in the United States
by Rhondda Tewes
From SCHIP to CHIPRA
by Robin Lane
Primary Care: Key To Quality and Cost Control?
by Doris Isolini Nelson
The Impact of Preexisting Conditions on the Individual and the Community
by Eleanor Pearlman

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