D7, HW#4, WP#2 Draft

Noe Perez
ENG 102
Shelly Rodrigo
WP #2 Draft

Annotated Bibliography

I will be researching the topic of why should everyone in America have health insurance. There are many families in America who are not covered by health insurance. Some reasons why individuals do not have coverage are because they can’t afford it or their employer does not provide benefits for them and simply the government does not issue health insurance to everyone for reasons of their own. Families with kids in particular who need emergency care are not being cared for properly for the fact that they do not have the proper coverage to pay the high cost of medical bills they encounter. A mere doctor’s visit will cost an arm and a leg if they are not covered by health insurance. Many families are forced to pay out of pocket to be cared for by medical staff. America has had this problem for many years and it also seems to come up during presidential elections. Politicians use health insurance to better their chance of being elected and then drop it down on their list when elected. I also have gone through not having insurance for my family and have friends who themselves can not afford the high cost of health insurance. If we can provide millions to fight wars, we should be able to give health care to everyone who can not afford to have good health care for their families.



Sered, S. S., Fernandopulle, R. ( 2005) Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

This book I found through ebrary. The author gave detailed examples of how our uninsured families are suffering through the system. It has statistics from the governments. There are also quotes from family member’s struggle not having health care. That will be a good way of giving some examples in my paper.

Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance (2004) Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations. National Academies Press.

I found this book to be of great information with lots of graphs and statistics. It list many ways on how America can help cover the uninsured in this country. This book will be of great source for my paper because of the many example it list and where to go for answers.

McWilliams, J. M. , Meara, E. , Zaslavsky, A. M. , & Ayanian, J. Z. , (2007 )Use of Health Services by Previously Uninsured Medicare Beneficiaries. 357(2):143–53. Retrieved July 13. 2007. from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=509290

This article I found using google. It's a private foundation on promoting health care for everyone. It talks about how the elderly are dying at an early age. That can be very useful in my draft.

Clemmitt, M. (2006, April 7). Rising health costs. CQ Researcher, 16, 289-312. Retrieved July 11, 2007, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2006040700.

I found this article in the CQ Researcher in the MCC library database. It targets the high cost of health insurnce and how the it affects the lower income household. As I read through the page, I found some information on my research question,should America cover the uninsured.

Meyer, A. J., Wicks , K.E. (2001) Covering America REAL REMEDIES FOR THE UNINSURED
Retrieved July 11. 2007. from http://www.esresearch.org/RWJ11PDF/full_document.pdf

I searched the website given to us on annotated bibliography resourches and came upon the article. It has information pertaining to the US government and what they can do to insure families who can't afford to be covered.


Calabrese, M.,(2003) Universal Responsibility: A Plan to Make coverage Mandatory and
Affordable for Individuals. Retrieved July 11. 2007. from http://www.newamerica.net/files/archive/Pub_File_1524_1.pdf

I am not sure how credible this site is, but I found it on Google. The information from this article comes from Washington, DC, so I hope it is fine to use in my research. It has some good statistics in it.

Davis, K. , (2007) Uninsured in America: Problems and Possible Solutions. 334(7589):346–8.
Retrieved July 11. 007. from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=464574

This article was found using MSN encyclopedia. I think it was useful, because it talked about how America's children are without health care and how parents are forced to pay high medical bills to see a doctor. I'm not sure on the credibility of this source, but the author is well known in her field.