Outlined in Sustainable Development Goal 3.8, universal health coverage (UHC) ensures all people can access affordable and equitable essential services without facing economic challenges. Advised by the World Health Organization (WHO), countries strengthen their systems subsequently UHC establishing a robust system on framework of service delivery; workforce; information; medical products, vacc...

This article examines health insurance coverage among a group of newly entitled disability insurance beneficiaries. Although only 50 percent of the beneficiaries had been entitled to disability benefits long enough to be eligible for Medicare coverage, a full 86 percent of them had some type of health coverage. Excluding coverage by Medicare, nearly 75 percent of the sample had coverage under o...

The present Millennium Development Goals are set to expire in 2015 and their next iteration is now being discussed within the international community. With regards to health, the World Health Organization proposes universal health coverage as a 'single overarching health goal' for the next iteration of the Millennium Development Goals.The present Millennium Development Goals have been criticise...