Democratic Presidential Candidate Clinton To Announce Health Care Proposal At Iowa Hospital
September 19, 2007 – 6:41 pm | posted in Health InsuranceDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) on Monday plans to announce the details of her proposal to provide universal health coverage at a hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, Long Island Newsday reports. According to individuals familiar with the proposal, the plan would:
- Require that all U.S. residents obtain health insurance;
- Require large employers to contribute towards coverage for employees and provide tax subsidies to small businesses to aid in the cost of providing coverage to workers;
- Establish large “purchasing pools” to reduce the cost of individual health insurance and mandate that health insurers cannot deny coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions (Thrush, Long Island Newsday, 9/16);
- Subsidize the cost of health insurance for lower-income residents (Meckler, Wall Street Journal, 9/17); and
- Allow residents without health insurance or with inadequate coverage to participate in a plan similar to Medicare or the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (Fouhy, AP/Miami Herald, 9/17).
Clinton would fund the proposal in part with the elimination of tax cuts proposed by President Bush and approved by Congress for households with annual incomes of more than $250,000, individuals familiar with the proposal said (Long Island Newsday, 9/16). In May, Clinton announced a proposal to reduce health care costs during a speech at George Washington University, and she announced a plan to improve quality last month.
You must be logged in to post a comment.