Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Michigan  Michigan News Roosevelt Vanguard dream.DETROIT Upcoming Events Launch organizer Lindsey Miller Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." — Franklin Roosevelt    Issue: Healthcare > Roosevelt Home > Michigan > Economic > Issue: Healthcare Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): Issue Leader: Andrew Ratanatharathorn National Healthcare Debate Healthcare is crucial issue this year with the upcoming elections. Six times in the last 60 years, Presidents and other law makers have attempted to pass some form of universal healthcare on a national level. In what could be an interesting issue during this fall's elections, Massachusetts's legislature has passed the nation's first form of universal healthcare. Below are links to the New York Times article on Massachusetts's plan, a national plan put forth by Representative John Dingell, and policy analysis by a variety of think tanks on the issue of national healthcare. Massachusetts sets Health Plan for Nearly All National Health Insurance Act Individual Mandates for Health Insurance   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359