APHA Policy Statements

Listed below are some examples of APHA policies on access to health care. For a complete list, please search our policy database at: http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/

• Support for a New Campaign for Universal Health Care 2000
• Toward a Comprehensive, Universal National Health Program 1995
• Supporting National Standards of Accountability for Access and Quality in Managed Health Care 1995
• Establishment of a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit 2001
• Making Medicines Affordable: The Price Factor 2000
• Raising Income to Protect Health 2000 
• Protecting and Strengthening Medicare: Financing and Prescription Drug Issues 1999
• Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries 1999
• In Support of Continued Access to Medicare Home Health Care Through Prospective Reimbursement 1997
• For Nondiscriminatory Coverage of All Mental Health Treatment 1997
• Protecting Health Care Accessibility and Quality in a Profit-Oriented Marketplace 1997
• Public Health Services and Managed Care 1996
• Maintaining Access to Care among Medicaid Recipients under State Block Grants 1996
• Rural Health Goals: Guaranteeing a Future 1995
• People With Disabilities in National Health Care Reform 1993