Health care continues to be a top political issue. While some congressional Democrats consider universal health coverage, state and local governments are already pushing ahead with proposals to ...

The city is investing $100 million annually to create a new infrastructure that will allow NYC Health + Hospitals to connect every uninsured person who enrolls with a primary care provider and ...

Walsh: ‘Inner City Diverse Populations’ Prevent Universal Health Care (VIDEO) FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

New York City already provides health care to the uninsured and the undocumented through its hospital system, a roughly $8 billion behemoth whose history of service to the poor, regardless of an ...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a plan to bring “universal health care” to America’s biggest city — and, though it’s not quite single payer, the initiative shows that Democratic ...

Over 2.2 million like Hashmi don’t have a regular family physician in the province of Ontario, according to data from health-care researcher Inspire Primary Health Care, up from 1.8 million two ...

The San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance is the country’s only local law designed to promote universal health care. It provides access to health services for the uninsured while ...

Dr. Jose Mari C. Castro, Head of the Field Operations Cluster at MMCHD, provided details on the universal health care component. This includes establishing “integrated sites” and improving “local ...

Component cities and municipalities will likewise be allowed to establish and/or maintain their own Special Health Funds. The ...