About Us

About Us

We Are a grassroots organization that believes health care is a human right. Every person in the state of Texas deserves access to high quality health care at an affordable cost.

Our Mission is to promote single-payer health care for all through community education and policy setting.

Our Vision is a health care system based on six guiding principles: universality, accessibility, affordability, accountability, comprehensiveness and justice.

Our Goals are

Guaranteed health care for all

Comprehensive coverage and emphasis on prevention

Public accountability and public input

Freedom to choose and change one’s physician or other health care practitioner

Portable coverage not affected by changing jobs, losing jobs, or moving

Fair financing through employer and employee contributions based on income

Cost containment

Guaranteed accessibility based on community need

Optimal transition to a system established and implemented by consumer, legislative, business, hospital, and provider interests

Health Care for All Texas was founded in 2002 by two physicians at the front lines of medicine to promote universal health care through grassroots education and policy setting.

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Is Health Care a Human Right?

We believe it is

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948 by the United Nations at they urging of the United States, holds that every human being has the right to health, including health care based on the following principles:

1. Universality: This means that everyone in

the United States has the human right to

health care.

2. Equity: This means that benefits and

contributions should be shared fairly to

create a system that works for everyone.

3. Accountability: This means that the U.S.

government has a responsibility to ensure

that care comes first.

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Principles of Financing Health Care

Key Principles of Health Care as a Right