The State of the Art USA Healthcare. What next, outsourcing?
He wasn't the first person to propose a "Single Payer, Universal Health Care Provider System" for the USA.
Nope.
In 2003, the Physicians Working Group of the American Medical Association was the first to propose it for the USA. Kindly click title above.
Nope.
In 2003, the Physicians Working Group of the American Medical Association was the first to propose it for the USA. Kindly click title above.
Single-Payer National Health Insurance
Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely private.
Currently, the U.S. health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate. Despite spending more than twice as much as the rest of the industrialized nations ($7,129 per capita), the United States performs poorly in comparison on major health indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality and immunization rates. Moreover, the other advanced nations provide comprehensive coverage to their entire populations, while the U.S. leaves 46 million completely uninsured and millions more inadequately covered....
Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely private.
Currently, the U.S. health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate. Despite spending more than twice as much as the rest of the industrialized nations ($7,129 per capita), the United States performs poorly in comparison on major health indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality and immunization rates. Moreover, the other advanced nations provide comprehensive coverage to their entire populations, while the U.S. leaves 46 million completely uninsured and millions more inadequately covered....
News Release
...HCCU participating organizations include AARP, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Catholic Health Association, Families USA, Federation of American Hospitals, Healthcare Leadership Council, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Pfizer Inc., United Health Foundation and U.S. Chamber of Commerce....
Expanding Health Care Coverage in the United States:
A Historic Agreement
A diverse group of 16 major national organizations
with an abiding interest in accessibility to
quality health care have reached a consensus on
policy approaches to expand health coverage to
as many people as possible as soon as possible. In
formulating the proposal, the participating organizations
agreed upon key principles: (1) emphasizing
making coverage available to those least
able to afford it, (2) relying upon incentives and
voluntary approaches, (3) building upon the
employer-based system and not weakening incentives
for employers to offer coverage, (4) using a
combination of public and private approaches to
expand coverage, (5) recognizing the budget challenges
facing most states, and (6) recognizing the
importance of consumer outreach and education
on health coverage options.
