Affordable Health Insurance for All Is Possible by Means of a Pragmatic Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11026937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Tooker (The author is executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.), John F Tooker (0000-0002-9303-6699, American College of Physicians, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-109 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.93.1.106 |
| PMID | 12511396 |
| OpenAlex | W2058343834 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
America can attain affordable health insurance coverage for all by using a pragmatic approach. Such an effort must accommodate the realities of the American health care system and resist the temptation to propose radical restructuring. The congressional strategy for universal health care described here was developed by the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine. It builds on the strengths of the current pluralistic system by combining the benefits of public health plans such as Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a more competitive and affordable private insurance market. The health care system has reached a crisis point. Allowing the status quo to continue courts certain disaster
Actuarial science · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Group insurance · Health care · Health care reform · Health insurance · Medicaid · Medical underwriting · Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act · Political science · Public health · Restructuring · Self-insurance · Status quo · Temptation · Finance · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Health Policy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |