abstract: 'The United States is one of a very few high-income countries that does

  not guarantee every person the right to health care. Residents of the

  United States pay more out-of-pocket for increasingly worse outcomes.

  People of color, those who have lower incomes, and those who live in

  rural areas have less access to health care and are therefore at even

  greater risk for poor health. Universal health care, a term for various

  models of health care systems that provide care for every resident of a

  given country, will help move the United States toward higher quality,

  more affordable, and more equitable care. This article defines a

  reproductive justice and human rights foundation for universal health

  care, explores how health insurance has worked historically in the

  United States, identifies the economic reasons for implementing

  universal health care, and discusses international models that could be

  used domestically.'
affiliation: 'Alspaugh, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif San Francisco, Sch Nursing,
  Family Hlth Care Nursing, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.

  Alspaugh, Amy; Lanshaw, Nikki, Univ Calif San Francisco, Sch Nursing, Family Hlth
  Care Nursing, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.

  Kriebs, Jan; Van Hoover, Cheri, Thomas Jefferson Univ, Midwifery Inst, Jefferson
  Coll Hlth Profess, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA.'
author: Alspaugh, Amy and Lanshaw, Nikki and Kriebs, Jan and Van Hoover, Cheri
author-email: amy.alspaugh@ucsf.edu
author_list:
- family: Alspaugh
  given: Amy
- family: Lanshaw
  given: Nikki
- family: Kriebs
  given: Jan
- family: Van Hoover
  given: Cheri
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13233
earlyaccessdate: JUN 2021
eissn: 1542-2011
files: []
issn: 1526-9523
journal: JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY \& WOMENS HEALTH
keywords: 'universal health care; health policy; health equity; cost and

  cost-effectiveness of health care'
keywords-plus: 'ETHNIC DISPARITIES; MENTAL-HEALTH; MEDICAID; INSURANCE; MORTALITY;

  RACISM; ACCESS'
language: English
month: JUL
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '70'
orcid-numbers: 'Lanshaw, Nikki/0000-0002-7853-2870

  Alspaugh, Amy/0000-0003-4427-4807

  Kriebs, Jan/0000-0002-2476-4596'
pages: 441-451
papis_id: a524d908f9bd4380ef57726efc95d65a
ref: Alspaugh2021universalhealth
tags:
- review
times-cited: '6'
title: 'Universal Health Care for the United States: A Primer for Health Care Providers'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000664930500001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '39'
volume: '66'
web-of-science-categories: Nursing
year: '2021'