Health-Care Reform: The Moment Is Now!         Email a friend

As the newest round of debate concerning health-care reform in the United States continues, this study provides a clear outline of three of the most prominent proposals for reform of the nation’s health systems and the justice issues they raise.

In a political environment where special interest groups and politicians alike are battling to sway the public opinion on the issue of health-care reform, sometimes it’s helpful to just get back to basics: What is at stake—and for whom?

This clear, informative, one-session study around the topic of health-care reform in the United States offers concise explanations of three basic models for reform with their strengths and weaknesses, as well as identifying key values we should be upholding as we continue this national conversation. The three major proposals that are explained in this study and that are being debated in Washington are public health insurance, improvement and expansion of the employer-based system, and the individual mandate model.

Questions of justice for each model focus the conversation around discernment versus argumentation in group study. This study also includes questions for discussion that delve into health-system values, faith values, media involvement, and taking action to make health-care reform happen this year.