The World Health Organization and the World Bank have released a new report entitled "Tracking universal health coverage: 2025 global monitoring report."According to the news release ("Most countries make progress towards universal health coverage, but major challenges remain, WHO–World Bank report finds," World Health Organization, December 6 2025):"The UHC Global Monitoring Report 2025 shows that health service coverage, measured by the Service Coverage Index (SCI), rose from 54 to 71 points between 2000 and 2023. Meanwhile, the share of people experiencing financial hardship due to large and impoverishing out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments declined from 34% to 26% between 2000 and…
Support Grows for Government-Run Health System
Gallup recently released results from its annual Health and Healthcare Poll, which are based on telephone interviews conducted November 6-20, 2024 with a random sample of 1,001 adults living in the US. The new data show that support for the US adopting a government-run healthcare system is growing.According to Gallup (Jeffrey M. Jones, "More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility," Gallup, Dec. 9, 2024):"Americans divide about evenly on this question, with 46% saying the U.S. should have a government-run healthcare system, while 49% are in favor of a system based mostly on private health insurance. Only in a…
Oregon Becomes First US State To Guarantee Its Residents Access To Affordable Healthcare
January 20, 2023 In the November 2022 general election, Oregon voters narrowly approved Oregon Measure 111, the Right to Healthcare Amendment. The measure amended the state constitution, adding a guarantee of access to affordable healthcare for all Oregon residents. According to Ballotpedia, last accessed Jan. 20, 2023:"Ballot title"The ballot title was as follows:[7]"Amends Constitution: State must ensure affordable healthcare access, balanced against requirement to fund schools, other essential services"Result of 'Yes' Vote: 'Yes' vote requires state to ensure affordable healthcare access. State must balance healthcare funding against funding for schools, other essential services; courts must respect balance."Result of 'No' Vote:…