Reply #86: They need to get to work now [View All]

[OzarkDem]

and come up with a REAL plan to provide quality, affordable health care for all.

# Health care coverage must be guaranteed for everyone.
# The health care system must provide the same comprehensive benefits to everyone and must meet the public's expectations.
# The health care system must be redesigned so that treatment and coverage decisions are based on evidence and best practices.
# All individuals must financially contribute to the system, based on ability to pay.
# The new health care system must be easy to use for patients and providers, and easy to administer.
# Any system of coverage must include these core values:

* Access. Individuals must be able to get all the care they need when they need it. This must include meaningful access to evidence-based interventions.
* Information. Individuals must receive information that is evidence-based, objective, complete and correct.
* Choice. Individuals must have some choice of doctors and care.
* Respect. Our health care system must treat the whole person, not just a person's disease.
* Accountability. Standards regarding care must be clear, uniform, and enforceable. Patients must have a right to sue if their basic human right to health care is violated.
* Improvement. The health care system must have methods for measuring what is and is not working so that the quality of care can continuously be improved. Individuals must have access to well designed and efficiently run clinical trials, and must have coverage of all routine care costs associated with participation in such trials.