The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – Healthcare Reform Proposal
According to SEIU, it is time for our nation to guarantee affordable health care coverage for all Americans. To launch this expanded effort, SEIU released a ‘Vision for Reform’, or 10 fundamental principles that will guide SEIU's work to promote healthcare solutions that move a new American health care system in the right direction.
The Health Care Solution: SEIU's Vision for Reform
- It is time for our nation to guarantee affordable health care coverage for all Americans. Piecemeal reform is not a solution.
- The current employer-based health care system is not the foundation for 21st century health care reform, particularly given the competitive challenges of a global economy.
- A universal health care system must ensure a choice of doctors and health care plans without gaps in coverage or access, and the delivery system must meet the needs of at-risk populations.
- A universal health care system must include a core health care benefit similar to one that is available to federal employees.
- Preventive care must be a part of any basic benefit plan to promote health, control costs, and eliminate economic and racial disparities.
- Any plan for health care reform must control costs by providing care that is cost efficient and medically effective.
- Secure electronic medical records that consumers control are necessary to increase quality and reduce costs.
- Hospital and physician quality, outcome, and cost data must be available to consumers.
- A universal health care system must integrate long term care services, reduce out-of-pocket costs, and maximize opportunities for individuals to receive assistance in home- and community-based settings, rather than in hospitals and nursing homes.
- Employers, individuals, and government must share responsibility for financing the system.
To learn more, please visit http://www.seiu.org/media/pressreleases.cfm?pr_id=1358
This page was last updated on 4/17/2007
