Democrats call for "affordable and quality health care," and many
advocate an expansion of government intervention in this area. Many
Democrats favor national health insurance or universal health care in a variety of forms to address the rising costs of modern health insurance. Some Democrats, such as Representatives John Conyers and John Dingell, have called for a single-payer program of Medicare for All. The Progressive Democrats of America, a group operating inside the Democratic Party, has made single-payer universal health care one of their primary policy goals.[80]
Some Democratic governors have supported purchasing Canadian drugs, citing lower costs and budget restrictions as a primary incentive. Recognizing that unpaid insurance bills increase costs to the service provider, who passes the cost on to health-care consumers, many Democrats advocate expansion of health insurance coverage.
Policies which most Democrats favor include:
Some Democratic governors have supported purchasing Canadian drugs, citing lower costs and budget restrictions as a primary incentive. Recognizing that unpaid insurance bills increase costs to the service provider, who passes the cost on to health-care consumers, many Democrats advocate expansion of health insurance coverage.
Policies which most Democrats favor include:
- ending the ability of insurers to drop coverage when people get sick
- ending lifetime caps on benefits and payments insurers provide
- creating a nation-wide insurance exchange across state lines
- dropping the current anti-trust provision for insurance companies
- requiring large businesses to provide employer-based insurance
- mandating coverage for all Americans
- ending insurance companies' ability to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions
- expansion of Medicaid
- providing subsidies for low to moderate income families and small businesses
- allowing children to stay on their parents' coverage longer
- the expansion of Medicare to those aged 55
- importing Canadian drugs and creating a national public insurance option paid for by premiums and co-pays.
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