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CNN Poll, Opinion Research Corporation, May 9, 2007
Do you think the government should provide a national health insurance program for all Americans, even if this would require higher taxes?
64% - Yes
35% - No
2% - No opinion
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The United Nations
Commission on Human Rights
April 15, 2005
In a resolution on the right of everyone to the enjoyment
of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, adopted by a roll-call vote of 52 in favour to one against, with
no abstentions, the Commission urged States to take steps, individually and
through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and
technical, to the maximum of their available resources, with a view to
achieving progressively the full realization of the right of everyone to the
enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;
and called upon the international community to continue to assist the
developing countries in promoting the full realization of the right of
everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health, including through financial and technical support as well as
training of personnel, while recognizing that the primary responsibility for
promoting and protecting all human rights rests with States.
The Commission encouraged States to recognize the particular needs of
persons with disabilities related to mental disorders, as well as their
families, including by reflecting their needs in national health and social
policies, such as national poverty reduction strategies; and called upon
them to place a gender perspective at the centre of all policies and
programmes affecting women's health. They also called upon States to protect
and promote sexual and reproductive health as integral elements of the right
of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health and decided to extend, for a period of three years, the
mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment
of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
The result of the vote was as follows:
In favour (52): Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso,
Canada, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea,
Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia,
Mauritania, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru,
Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, United Kingdom and
Zimbabwe.
Against (1): United States.
David Hohman (United States), speaking in explanation of the vote... said
the United States believed that while the progressive realization of
economic, social and cultural rights required government action, those
rights were not an immediate entitlement to a citizen.
See details at UN website CLICK HERE
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Milliman & Robertson
"We do not base our guidelines on any randomized clinical
trials or other controlled studies, nor do we study outcomes
before sharing the evidence of most efficient
practices with colleagues."
[Health Care coverage considerations by insurance corporations are based on what they can sell at the time of premium or policy sale and how little they can actually be responsible for when patients are in need of care at some later date. This is the system that American business and political leadership has been protecting. It's not a health care system at all, it's a system for generating profits for a few corporations.]
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