Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Current Health Care Reform in the United States

To Begin

To repeat the discussion here:

I would have gone straight to creating a collaboration/wikiproject page, but as of now, I just want to make a proposal here to generate some support. I don't know how to start a project page yet, and it would be nice if some collaborators did that with me. NittyG (talk) 06:22, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

As I said on the talk page for article Health care reform debate in the United States, under the section "This article is an embarassment":

It is amazing that there are such dismal articles around such an important topic. This is unacceptable for wikipedia's standards on such subjects. Even articles on events that continue to unfold, such as the events surrounding the Death of Michael Jackson, are far more clear, well organized, and thorough. I am aware that this is a convoluted topic, but that is what wikipedia is best at clarifying.

I only have so much time to work on this, but will do what I can. So far I have done a minimal adding of "see also" and "main article" links that point to this article. This article needs to be drastically expanded, and the following articles among many more need to complement each other:

Major Articles

Broad:

• Health care reform debate in the United States (central article)
• Health care reform in the United States
• Health care in the United States
• History of health care reform in the United States

Some Specific Health Care Proposals:

House

• Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962 - Passed full House, 7 November 2009
  • supersedes Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, H.R. 3200, Reported. Committees discharged, placed on general schedule, 14 October 2009.
  • supersedes United States National Health Care Act, H.R. 676, Refered to Committee, Not Reported No Action since January 2009.

Senate

• Healthy Americans Act
• America’s Healthy Future Act

I think that the following articles should be combined into the central article. If not, they should also be overhauled and made to complement it:

• Obama administration health care proposal
• Health care reform in the United States presidential election, 2008
• Public opinion on health care reform in the United States

Some Minor Articles

• Uninsured in the United States
• Healthcare rationing in the United States
• Single-payer healthcare
• Prescription drug prices in the United States

NittyG (talk) 06:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

House bill superseded by Affordable Health Care for America Act

After discharging the House Committees from any further consideration of America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (on or about 14 October 2009) a new proposal was introduced and is now being considered by the full house that supersedes the July introduced version of H.R. 3200. A large part of the original language also seems to have carried over to H.R. 3962.

Maybe a merge is in order but that may raise more problems than starting clean under the Affordable Health Care for America Act is worth. 68.237.235.127 (talk) 00:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Senate bill(s) superseded by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Note

H.R. 3590 − (AS or Amendment Substitute) is expected to be the vehicle for the Senate health care bill - the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . IGNORE all the previous Tax Code language since the substitute amendment will replace it anyway.

You can also see this draft amendment at the democrats.senate.gov site.

Maybe a merge is in order but that may raise more problems than starting clean under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is worth. 68.237.235.127 (talk) 10:35, 22 November 2009 (UTC)