The News Review:
- Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
- Health care access a national scandal
- President’s plan for health care
Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
TheDay
That is why we supported President bama's call during the campaign for a national health-care policy providing quality affordable and portable coverage for all. This will not be easy but it is necessary. The president has already signed into law legislation extending child health-care coverage a proposal repeatedly blocked by his predecessor. And at the president's urging Congress invested in improved health information technology as part of the stimulus relief plan. In his budget proposal President bama called for creating a $634 billion “health reform reserve” to begin financing greater disease prevention efforts wellness programs and research on cost-effective treatments key elements in any plan to reform our health-care system. Funding would come from higher taxes on the wealthy increased Medicare premiums charged to those with a greater ability to pay and savings from improved efficiency. There will be much debate and disagreement over details and many more specifics to come but the important point is that the president is not delaying.
Health care access a national scandal
Houston Chronicle
physicians support a tax-financed national health insurance plan. Why wouldn’t my patient’s mother support national health care?What she probably doesn’t know is how much she already pays for the health care her child does not get or gets late. Her uninsured family pays an extra 10 percent out of its paycheck in taxes to pay for our health care system. Her daughter’s hospitalization will be covered by emergency Medicaid for which she pays through her sales taxes income taxes property taxes and other hidden taxes. She will still have many out-of-pocket costs of course. I was struck this week by remarks by David Axelrod your adviser.
President’s plan for health care
Newsday
The total includes $3. 9 billion for improving sewage treatment plants and drinking water systems. HEALTH CAREbama’s prescription for the nation’s ailing health care system comes with Medicare cuts and tax hikes. bama is asking Congress: If you’re going to cover 48 million uninsured Americans in the world’s costliest medical system how do you pay for it? His plan would set aside $634 billion over 10 years in a major effort to cover all Americans – a goal that could cost more than $1 trillion. Half would come from tax increases on upper-income earners half from cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. HMELAND SECURITYbama proposes increasing the Department of Homeland Security’s budget by 1 percent to $42. 7 billion funding programs to boost computer security and remove illegal immigrants convicted of crimes.
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