title: Policy options for a national health care plan.
abstract: Renewed interest in a national health care scheme has inspired several proposals ranging from an expansion of Medicaid and Medicare to government sponsored universal health insurance. The current task for nurses is to understand all the options and select the one most appropriate for both the profession and the nation's health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harrington
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D000575:American Nurses' Association; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005239:Fear; D005376:Financial Management; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009310:National Health Insurance, United States / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011639:Public Opinion; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States