Health Care for America

Roger Hickey, Campaign for America’s Future

For the next administration, for Congress, and for the nation as a whole, health care will be a defining battle. Comprehensive reform could be a crucial, confidence-building first step toward a twenty-first century social contract—a new national commitment to the kind of basic economic security that will encourage Americans to take chances, invest in the future, and thrive in years to come. 

Health Ideas

  • Establish high-quality insurance with comprehensive benefits and no gaps in coverage
  • Give individuals and employers a choice of private insurance plans and a Medicare-style public option
  • Institute effective cost controls that improve quality, lower administrative expenses, and encourage preventive care
  • Create performance standards and systems to reduce medical errors
  • Take advantage of public purchasing power to lower the cost of drugs and services

 

Excerpted from Thinking Big: Progressive Ideas for a New Era, our shared agenda for Congress and the Administration.

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