Sample Working Outline
Thesis: Each person in the United States, regardless of his or her financial situation, has a right to affordable healthcare.
I. Background on the current state of healthcare in the United States
II. The rising cost of healthcare in the U. S.
III. Stories of people’s experiences/hardships with the U.S. healthcare system
IV. What is universal healthcare?
V. Solutions for improving the U. S. healthcare system
Keeping Track of Your Research Sources
Keep a folder with all of your resources in it.
Keep a Word document that includes the following:
1. Type the headings from your working outline
2. Bibliography entry (minimally the URL) from the resource that belongs to that heading
3. Under the bibliography entry (URL) type a short description of the kind of information found on that website
4. Also, include the printout of the website with your notes and highlighted quotes
Sample entry for Word document:
I. Background on the current state of healthcare in the United States
http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?imID=1&parentID=61&id=358
Notes:
Info on U.S. healthcare costs
Good background information
II. The rising cost of healthcare in the U. S.
http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml
Facts on the Cost of Health Insurance and Health Care
III. Stories of people’s experiences/hardships with the U.S. healthcare system
IV. What is universal healthcare?
V. Solutions for improving the U. S. healthcare system
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Chartbooks/2005/Oct/A-Need-to-Transform-the-U-S--Health-Care-System--Improving-Access--Quality--and-Efficiency.aspx
Title: “A Need to Transform the U.S. Health Care System: Improving Access, Quality, and Efficiency”
Notes:
Brief discussion of the need for changing the current system
