Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
This page was last updated on April 17, 2007. For the most up-to-date information regarding Sen. Dodd’s health policy proposals, visit http://www.chrisdodd.com.
Chris Dodd's Healthcare Reform Proposal
The following information was released during New Leadership on Health Care: A Presidential Forum, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Service Employees International Union:According to Senator Dodd, when dealing with the healthcare system there are four principles that are absolutely essentially, which are:
- Universal Healthcare - a system there everyone participates and everyone benefits
- Prevention - access to proper screening and management of chronic diseases
- Expanding Medicaid - provide coverage to poorer families, up to 100 percent of the poverty level; for the ones with children, up to 300 percent of the poverty level
- Technology - by utilizing the technology that exists today, individuals have an opportunity to improve their health condition
