Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Healthcare

While it appears that more and more people recognize the need to adopt some form of universal health care, most plans currently being considered still focus on private insurers.

As a proponent of universal health care, I would accept even this form of universal health care, at least as a step in the right direction.

The “Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform” has advanced their views that are based on five principles:

(1) Use of a market-based system
(2) Individuals are required to adopt the system
(3) Subsidization of low-income persons
(4) Inclusion of incentives to promote healthy behaviors
(5) Elimination of differences in tax treatment between employer-provided and individual health insurance policies.

While this type of system seems to be overly complex, it would advance the cause.

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