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Republicans have been in control of the House, Senate, and White House for 6 years, and have failed to use their majority status to help hard-working Americans. Here is where our country stands today on healthcare, as well as the Spivack Plan of Action:
Current Situation:
- 45+ million Americans without health insurance; 100,000+ are Delaware residents
- Members of Congress do not pay for their healthcare and social security
- Numerous constituents are unable to pay for prescription drugs, or may have to choose between these prescriptions and food, gas, and other necessities
- Extraordinary amounts of waste and bureaucracy exist in the current system
Spivack Plan of Action:
Universal Healthcare is an ultimate goal, but it is not something that will happen overnight. While we work towards a single payer system, we can take the following steps to help reduce the costs to our citizens, as well as to focus upon the uninsured and underinsured:
- Sponsor and introduce legislation to require members of Congress to pay for their healthcare, and require them to obtain the same coverage that they legislate for their constituents.
- Eliminate wasteful administrative costs and billing inefficiencies
- Create tax exempt healthcare accounts to help individuals pay insurance premiums, deductibles, prescriptions, etc.
- Free employers from healthcare purchasing, and replace it with contributions to healthcare accounts
- Those individuals who are unemployed or can not afford healthcare premiums/deductibles would need government assistance to help fund their healthcare accounts.
- Eliminate pre-authorization/referrals for medical services
- Eliminate vague healthcare plans with hidden exclusions/coverage by requiring insurance companies to provide an easy-to-read form as to services that they do and do not cover.
- Establish a “Truth-in-Healthcare Advertisement Board” to eliminate false and misleading healthcare advertisements
- Establish a “National Malpractice Insurance Program”
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