Health care reform is likely to be one of the top issues for the next President and Congress. Rising costs, declining quality, and millions without coverage are problems that can no longer be addressed by band aids, and business, labor, consumers and elected officials from both parties are saying “enough!”
So what are the presidential candidates talking about when they say they have a plan to fix our health care system?
Families USA, a is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans, and a voice for health care consumers for over 25 years has recently published a report that examines the key differences between the positions of Barack Obama and John McCain. If health care matters to you and you want more information about what the candidates stand for, this may be helpful for you: Comparing the Candidates’ Positions on Health Care.
And we’d like to hear what YOU think. Please, take a minute to let us know what health care means to you as a direct care worker; as a long-term care employer; as a consumer of long-term care services; or as an advocate or policymaker who cares about health reform. You can post a comment or email me directly at cregan@phinational.org.
Carol Regan
Director
PHI’s Health Care for Health Care Workers Campaign
cregan@phinational.org
I was disappointed your clearly biased depiction of the candidates approach to health care reform. I read this hoping to see a fair and balanced comparison. Your article does not give an accurate overview of Senator McCains plan and your preference for Senator Obamas plan is clear and does not address who would pay for a national health insurance exchange. The government is already faced with a hugh budget deficit and the reality is that the federal government can not afford the cost of a federally subsidised national health plan.
Healthcare reform is a complex issue with no easy answers.
It is quite a complex issue, yet we have had time to see what works and what does not.
Privitization of health care with limited regulations is what has led us to our national health care
being more correctly defined as sick care, with millions of Americans suffering, both financially and physically. Which effects our work force and our ability to be a strong country from the inside. The reviews do favor Obama but that may be because according to the guidelines that were reviewed his plan actually addresses the problems currently keeping our system from growing. Read the websites, get the facts and even though there are no easy answers, its time we started working on solutions.
I would simply like to commend PHI and Carol Regan in particular for her excellent policy analysis. This brief is of tremendous value to folks out in the field trying to make sense of the issues and data. It advances and informs advocacy and policy development. Thank you for being a valuable national resource.