- All Americans will have affordable access to health care, from the richest to the poorest.
- This will be achieved through public-private partnerships as well as a single payer system. By this I mean that the federal government will raise taxes to pay for a new health care system, and some of the tax burden will be alleviated through private donations and funding.
- There will be an initial block grant (of an undetermined amount at this time) to pay for the following measures.
- In order to assure everyone has access to health care the government will install new clinics in the first 100 most critical "heath deserts" across the country.
- In order to assure everyone can reach these new clinics, and already existing clinics and hospitals there will be transit services to and from the clinics and hospitals. Not ambulance rides in case of an emergency, but a clinic car that will come and get you for a simple check up to having strep throat.
- I have yet to figure out how to convince doctors to take a pay cut in order to make the costs of this program more feasible.
I think what I have outlined here will help, but it can't be my final solution. There are still some bugs that I need to work out. Mostly with private insurance and privately owned hospitals and clinics.
This is an AMAZING idea!! I think that the biggest issue, which is one you pointed out, is doctors taking pay cuts.
ReplyDeleteI am pro for your policy!!