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January 2003, Vol 93, No. 1 | American Journal of Public Health 99-101
© 2003 American Public Health Association

REKINDLING HEALTH CARE REFORM

APHA Policies on Universal Health Care: Health for a Few or Health for All?

Mohammad N. Akhter, MD, MPH1

Requests for reprints should be sent to Mohammad Akhter, MD, MPH, American Public Health Association, 800 I St, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710 (e-mail: mohammad.akhter{at}apha.org).

The American Public Health Association (APHA) has long advocated the development of a system of universal health care for all US residents. APHA has adopted several policies on this topic that stress the financing of the system of universal health care under a single-payer mechanism. However, this approach has never been adopted by US policymakers.

The need for universal health coverage in the United States is growing more acute, and failure to provide such coverage threatens the health status of the public. I propose an alternative approach to the single-payer system that is based on incremental extension of existing coverage mechanisms, accompanied by fundamental reform of the health care delivery system. This approach is in keeping with the traditional methods of policy development in the United States, and I urge APHA to assume leadership in advocating it.






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