Hillary Clinton stated that she drafted her Health Care Plan after meeting a couple John and Judy Rose in Dubuque Illinois who lost their savings because of being unable to pay the health care bills. She named her plan American Health Choices Plan. It must be remembered that after the failure of an attempt at Health Care Reform, states such as Maine, Kentucky, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Nevada embarked on Health Care Reform with some positive and negative results which can be discussed in the future. Oregon embarked on Health Care Reform before the Clinton Years and has been undergoing positive and negative results as well.The theory behind American Health Choices Plan is the following: If the person is happy with his or her health coverage, he or she can keep their health care coverage via their individual coverage or employer. If the person is not happy with his or her health coverage, the person has two choices which would be either to choose a quality public plan option that is similar to Medicare or to choose from the health options that Members of Congress enjoy. I am not surprised that our Members of Congress have a Health Option superior to the Citizens of the United States of America. This is a reinforcement of the fact that Congress behaves like royalty.American Health Choices Plan would reduce costs with the intention of placing emphasis on prevention, focusing on efficiency and modernization and reducing hidden taxes. The intention of American Health Choices Plan is great yet the Health Care Program of Kentucky [Kentucky Health Care] stresses Lowering Costs by Prevention. There are also portions which guarantee an end to insurance discrimination, places an emphasis on fiscal responsibility on the part of the protagonists in the Health Care Scene [such as the Health Care Profession, Politicians, The Insurance Companies, and the Patients], and reinvestments. The overall savings would amount to One Hundred and Ten Billion Dollars.American Health Choices Plan seems great and is better than the proposal of Barack Obama of two hundred and ten billion dollars but again where will we receive the money. Remembering how people suggested the separation of the state from religion, I think it would be better to separate health care from the state, separate health care from the insurance companies, and separate health care from those who have no knowledge about health care. The protagonists in Health Care should be the Patient and His or Her Provider. Every time and Insurance Company or the State has interfered in the Health Care of the Individual, it is the Individual who loses.
REFERENCE:Clinton, Hillary: «Remarks on American Health Choices Plan» 18th of September 2007
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/09/ remarks_on_american_health_cho.html
Assessed: 3rd of March 2008http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/healthcarep lan/americanhealthchoicesplan.pdf
Assessed: 3rd of March 2008National Conference of State Legislatures:»KY Health Choices»
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/kymedicaid.htm
Assessed: 3rd of March 2008https://kentucky.fhsc.com/KMAA/default.asp
Assessed: 3rd of March 2008