Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Hillary Clinton's Health Care Plan

Hillary Clinton launched her US health care reform plan yesterday.

Branded as the "American Health Choices Plan," Clinton's proposal calls for mandatory purchase of health care insurance by all Americans, with federal subsidies to be provided to individuals and businesses to ensure affordability.

A summary of Clinton's health care proposal is now on her campaign website. The full plan is here.

According to the Clinton website:

Hillary Clinton unveiled the third part of her plan to ensure that all Americans have affordable, quality health insurance. Building on her proposals to rein in costs and to insist on value and quality, her American Health Choices Plan will secure, simplify and ensure choice in health coverage for all Americans. This Plan covers every American - finally addressing the needs of the 47 million uninsured and the tens of millions of workers with coverage who fear they could be one pink slip away from losing their health coverage - with no overall increase in health spending or taxes. For those with health insurance, the plan builds on the current system to give businesses and their employees greater choice of health plans - including keeping the one they have - while lowering cost and improving quality.

To the spoiled eye of this lifelong beneficiary of Canadian universal health care, the Clinton proposal looks to be far more complicated than is truly necessary. Nonetheless, Clinton's plan provides an immediate, pragmatic solution to the tragic problem of the millions of Americans who are entirely without health insurance.

As the U.S. election cycle now begins its swing into full gear, it will be very interesting to see the health care alternatives offered by each of the candidates.

For full press coverage of the Hillary Plan, see:

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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