This document summarizes research evidence showing that all forms of out-of-pocket costs, or “cost-sharing,” harm people’s health by discouraging especially low-income people from seeking necessary care and filling their medication prescriptions.
Type: Issue Brief
The Policy Story of Vermont’s Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign
This table illustrates the five stages of Vermont’s Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign from a policy perspective. It outlines which policy tools have been developed for which advocacy phase of the campaign with reference to the human rights framework.
A Human Rights Vision for Society: Core Principles
This fact sheet puts forward human rights principles for a broader economic and social rights agenda in the U.S., as agreed by grassroots groups that came together in a Human Rights at Home campaign in 2012.
Equitable Financing of Universal Healthcare in Vermont
This document outlines the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign’s plan for equitable financing of universal healthcare in Vermont.
Toward a Unified Policy Approach for Healthcare Is a Human Right and the People’s Budget
This document outlines how the key policy positions for universal healthcare, as formulated by Vermont’s HCHR campaign, are aligned with policy demands for a People’s Budget, i.e. human rights-based budget and revenue policies that meet people’s needs and raise revenue equitably.
A Strategic Vision for the Human Rights at Home Campaign
This statement was created by a grassroots coalition to describe a collective vision for a society guided by human rights. It describes how human rights arise from people’s struggles for justice, how governments are accountable for upholding human rights, how principles must guide struggles, and how a human rights vision builds unity among people and […]
Human Rights Principles for Financing in Healthcare
This issue brief proposes 10 principles for health care financing in the U.S., grounded in international human rights standards.
Pursuing a Vision for Healthcare: A Human Rights Assessment Presidential Candidates
Assessment of Presidential Candidates 2008.
Human Rights Assessment of the Presidenal Nominees’ Healthcare Plans
Assessment of Obama and McCain Plans.
Using a Human Rights Framework and Grassroots Organizing to Build a Revolutionary Movement
This essay advocates for the use of a human rights framework and grassroots organizing strategy to create class-conscious solidarity and build a revolutionary movement for economic rights.
Teach as We Fight, Learn as We Lead (Poverty Initiative)
This article focuses on the importance of thoughtful leadership and education as the keys to an effective movement to end poverty.
Responsibilities and Rights in Healthcare
This document offers talking points regarding rights and responsibilities in healthcare.