Bush's health care plan NOT most effective

[babylonsister]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-03-19T192951Z_01_N19197074_RTRUKOC_0_US-HEALTHCARE-CONGRESS.xml&src=rss


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least two of the health care proposals being presented to Congress would cover all or nearly all of the Americans who lack health insurance, and many would lower spending, too, according to an independent report released on Monday.

Many of the plans would do more to cover uninsured Americans and lower costs than President George W. Bush's proposals, said the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, which studies health care issues.

Health care has emerged as one of the top political issues of 2007, with groups as diverse as labor unions and major retailers teaming up to propose changes.

Several studies have found fault with the current U.S. system -- a free-for-all in which employers provide most health care, government programs provide much of the rest and 47 million Americans are left with no health insurance.

"If we don't move to make changes to our failing health care system, the number of uninsured in this country is projected to rise to 56 million by 2013," Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis said in a statement.

"Many of these proposals demonstrate that it is possible to move toward the high performance health care system Americans want and deserve while assuring access to health care for everyone," Davis said.

For Monday's report, staffers at the fund analyzed 10 health care plans introduced in 2006 and 2007 in the U.S. Congress, as well as Bush's proposals.

California Democratic Rep. Pete Stark's AmeriCare proposal that builds on Medicare and the employer-based system could save families with low and moderate incomes a collective $142.6 billion in 2007 and would cover 47.8 million extra Americans, the study found.

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[SoCalDem]

1. I must have missed the articles where anyone thought it WOULD be.

This guy's off the mark so much, how could anyone even think any idea he had would "work".

Universal health care just needs to HAPPEN..and the rest of the budget can work around it :)

If the military has to shrink, then SO BE IT.

The rest of the world would heave a sigh of relief if we started treating our own citizens humanely.:)

[babylonsister]

2. Well, Reuters seems surprised.

:D