America's health care system is broken. The traditional employer-based model of coverage in its current form is endangered without substantial reform to our health care system. It is being crushed by out of control costs, the pressures of the global economy, and the large and growing number of uninsured. Soaring health costs threaten workers' livelihoods and companies' competitiveness, and undermine the security that individuals of a prosperous nation should enjoy. We can only solve these problems -- and deliver health care that is high quality, affordable, accessible and secure -- if business, government, labor, the health care delivery system, and the nonprofit sector work together.
And these four principles for fixing the problem:
- We believe every person in America must have quality, affordable health insurance coverage;
- We believe individuals have a responsibility to maintain and protect their health;
- We believe that America must dramatically improve the value it receives for every health care dollar;
- We believe that businesses, governments, and individuals all should contribute to managing and financing a new American health care system.
2 comments:
What a fantastic grasp of the obvious they finally have! When big business speaks, Republicans listen...maybe corporate America will succeed where simple compassion and regard for everyman has failed. Perhaps at last we will be able to offer Americans what every other industrialized country in the world has been offering for years.
What a difference time makes. Now healthcare and peace of in vogue. Who knew?
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