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Scope: Information on the current (2009) debates on health care and health insurance reform.
Books & Audio-Visuals - Periodicals - Internet
Clicking on the links will take
you the corresponding searches in the TNCC online catalog, and
show the location and availability of materials.
General Searching Tips:
Call number areas to browse:
HG9371-9399 Health insurance
RA 5-418 Medicine and state
RA 421-790 Public health
Keywords to search:
health insurance, health policy, health care reform, managed care, medicare
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
Health care reform
Iinsurance, health
Medicare
Medical economics
Medical care, cost of
PERIODICAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Access to the subscription-based resources from off campus is available for TNCC faculty,
staff, and registered students through the use of a proxy server. Click the link for instructions. Remote Access
- CQ Researcher - covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with full text articles, complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies, and more. User may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles using words, dates, or other criteria. (CQ Press)
- Consumer Health Complete - is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
- Factiva - allows you to search for articles by using free-text terms or by using
their Intelligent Indexing. You can also use this database to get a companyprofile. It helps focus your efforts to take advantage of their Intelligent
Indexing.
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional - brings together a vast amount of information published by and about the United States Congress. It offers indexing and abstracting of the CIS/Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress from 1970 forward and a seamless link to the full range of legislative and public policy resources, including hearing transcripts, bills, reports, public laws, Federal Register, current Code of Federal Regulations and current U.S. Code.
- Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) - Contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies and more, on public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.
INTERNET RESOURCES
- AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) has several articles on health insurance and health care reform, including a basic Myths versus Facts information sheet.
- Affordable Health Choices Act (Senate)
- Factcheck - Factcheck.org has several articles with detailed looks at recent claims on both sides of the health care debate
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Health Insurance Reform - 2009 - Library guide from the University of Michigan, includes Federal legislative proposals and analyses for expanding health insurance coverage to all Americans.
- Health Reform.Gov - President Obama's web page supporting health care reform Includes budget, speeches, factsheets, and opportunity for citizen input.
- H.R. 3200
- America's Affordable Health Care Act sponsored by John Dingell
- Includes text of legislation, legislative status, and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
- National Coalition on Health Care
- National Journal - Health Care Section - Comprehensive guide to the 2009 national health care debate including pulldown menu for links to various draft bills, Congressional Budget Office reports, Executive Branch reports, and lobby group positions
- Open CRS (Congressional Research Service) - Search engine for major collections of CRS reports. Reports are VERY current.
- PolitiFact - Pulitzer Prize winning fact checking site. Statements and claims from the recent debates are rated on PolitiFact's "Truth-O-Meter."
- Snopes.com - There are several claims about healthcare being circulated via email. Check out Snopes, the Internet's preeminent resource for verifying or debunking rumors, ridiculous claims, and e-mail chain letters.
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Universal Health Care Message to Americans From Canadian Doctors & Health Care Experts (Youtube) In this video, Canadian physicians and nurses describe the real Canadian healthcare system to Americans.
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