Family And Business Health Security Act

1. Family And BusinessHealth Security Act SB300 and HB1660 (2007)

2. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform UNIVERSAL COVERAGE EVERYONE IS COVERED 

3. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform SINGLE PAYER EFFICIENCY & SAVINGS  • Elimination of for-profit and growth driven insurance companies • Doctors and hospitals would dramatically reduce billing and collection overhead

4. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform  COMPREHENSIVE – NOT BARE BONES • Health care worthy of the name must include full and unlimited medical, dental, prescription drugs, durable medical equipment, home nursing, mental health, optical, substance abuse, hospice, long term care, emergency transport, physical and occupational therapy.

5. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform  LIBERATE BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES • Employers do not want to manage health care systems although most are willing to contribute to a program that assures health care. • Employees want to be able to change jobs, retire, start a new business, advance their education, or move to a new job – without jeopardizing their family health protection.

6. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform  ELIMINATE ‘DEFENSIVE MEDICINE’ A NO-FAULT SYSTEM WORKS FOR BOTH SIDES • Our current system is failing patients and health care providers and costing us billions of dollars in the process. • We need fast and fair compensation where deserved, and a single-payer system that significantly reduces malpractice premiums.  Pennsylvania becomes the BEST place to practice medicine, not the worst.

7. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform PRESERVE PATIENT CHOICE OF DOCTORS  So-called “managed care” plans are a failure and interfere with the critical patient-physician relationship.

8. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform  DEDICATED FUNDING TAKE THE POLITICS OUT • Eliminate the cost of private insurance plans, co-pays, and deductibles; • Replace it with a standard 10% payroll contribution from all employers; • Plus a 3% PIT assessment from all individuals This will all be paid into the Pennsylvania Health Trust to be used exclusively for health care.

9. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform  ELIMINATE THE WASTE WITHOUT DENYING ACCESS • Use buying clout to negotiate better drug prices • Aggressive infection control procedures • Bonus payments for exceptional care • Deal with problem doctors, hospitals • Restore Certificate of Need • Underwrite transition to electronic records • Early intervention to avoid chronic disease • Adopt a ‘Wellness Curriculum’ in our schools

10. Nine Keys To Serious Health Care Reform  SUPPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESPONDERS Volunteers are the backbone of our emergency health response system and we are losing them by the thousands every year. A $1,000 per year state income tax credit will encourage retention and recruitment.

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