Educate Yourself on Single Payer
Unfortunately, most medical school curriculums do not have time to teach us about the nuts and bolts of health policy. Instead, we must learn the intimidating language of health policy, legislation and politics on our own. Here are some great resources about single payer, what it is, and more importantly, what it’s not!
Many of these resources are in flyer format. Feel free to distribute them to your classmates and friends so that they too can be more informed in the health policy debate.
Educational Resources
- Facts and Myths About Single Payer
- Public Citizen Handout on Single Payer
- The Health Care Debate with Dr. David Himmelstein (a good introduction)
Handouts
Background Fact Sheet on Single Payer
Five Capitalist Democracies & How They Do It (from Tennessee Health Care Campaign and Frontline’s documentary Sick Around the World)
Videos
Animation: What is Single Payer
A great animation by former PNHP staff member Graham Walker.
http://www.grahamazon.com/sp/whatissinglepayer.php
What is Single Payer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RAvy9jew9dM
HR676 - The Single Payer Solution, Parts 1 - 4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZAuwaKl3-nU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Efq3ykIeYeQ&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SE-H5kRm48g&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nxi7DnCH3zk&feature=related
Websites
Physicians for a National Health Program
http://www.pnhp.org/
Students for a National Health Program (SNAHP)
http://groups.google.com/group/snahp
(Be sure to check out the resources section!)
The American Medical Student Association
http://www.amsa.org/hp/
California Health Professional Student Alliance
http://www.CaHPSA.org/
A statewide coalition of health professional students fighting for single-payer legislation at the state and national level