Universal Healthcare through Shared Responsibility

Edwards plan for universal healthcare

The time has come for a universal health care reform that covers everyone, cuts costs, and provides
better care. The number of uninsured Americans has risen to 47 million. Families with insurance face
rapidly rising premiums and risk losing coverage when they need it most. Individuals and small
businesses often face much higher premiums and sometimes cannot get coverage at any price. Our
health care system is the most expensive in the ... Full Story »

Posted by Laura Perkins
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Laura Perkins - Feb 5, 2007 - 2:27 PM PST
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Laura Perkins
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by Laura Perkins - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a press release from one of the major presidential campaigns on the important topic of health care. It lays out the Edwards plan in some detail, so I think it's important to review the document itself, not some distillation of it that may come through the press. I found it very comprehensive and convincing when I read it. I would be interested in other opinions.

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Jami Dwyer
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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

An extremely in-depth discussion of current health care problems and detailed proposals for how to solve those problems. I have doubts about a couple details (such as omission of a price tag, and requiring people to buy insurance), but if enacted, this would be a vast improvement over the current system, which leaves so many Americans to suffer and die from preventable illness.

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