For the CEO of Bourbon the indicators are indeed well orientedEstablished physicians are less concernedInvestors they do not snapped his titlesThat this time may include measures of magnitudeAnd it is again the left which has benefitedA game of musical chairs opens to replaceThe constitutional reform is passed by thereWithin a decade their number has doubledAll the parts do not have the same interestUntil then it was in the status quo ante"In these difficult economic times, some wonder if we have a reform of our health care system." I ask you, how the economy "Faithful to his electoral promise, Barack Obama said last week a double cap to former Democratic Senator Tom Daschle. He became Minister of health and Director of the White House health reform.
A choice appreciated, both in the medical sector and among politicians. "It will be able to negotiate at Capitol Hill, will lead public hearings. "The process will be transparent", predicts Paul Dutton, Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute of the University of Northern Arizona. Democrats have learned the lessons of the attempt at reform led by Hillary Clinton in 1993, which charged it negotiate with lobbies one by one, behind doors closed, creating much suspicion and without success to rally the necessary support. The elected President is convinced "that is not dominate our present economic difficulties if it solves the problem of health". He also wants to put an end to "disgrace to see relatives unable to take a sick child the doctor and the elderly who cannot pay their drugs.
Rationalization of the system
During the campaign, he promised health insurance at a reasonable cost for all, the requirement for insurers to persons in charge regardless of their medical history and the establishment of insurance benefits equivalent to that of the members of Congress. The whole being valued at $ 65 billion a year. With his new team Jeanne Lambrew, Professor at the University of Texas and co-author with Tom Daschle for a book on health, will be the Assistant of it , he gave his vision of reform. At a time when government invests billions of dollars to combat the effects of the recession, he first emphasized the need to reduce costs by streamlining the system. Moreover, any additional dollar will have to be self-financing over the next ten years. Once again, Barack Obama reiterated that he had not decided if he would immediately raise taxes on the rich to advance its reform.
The website will gather evidence and ideas from the Americans: "We want that everyone involved," said the elected President. "In seeking direct support, the President is gives a lever to interest groups," notes Paul Dutton. "I am optimistic." "Something will be done, not necessarily in the first 100 days, but this first term", he says. And remember that the number of employers offering health coverage decreases 1 per year for six years, when health care costs and insurance premiums double the level of inflation. More than 45 million are not health insurance and their number could increase. Indeed, 19 States threaten this month cut their budget for Medicaid, the health program funded the poorest for parity by the Federal State and each of the Federated States. One million people are in danger of losing access to care, according to Families USA. "Unlike States that cannot be in deficit, the Federal State the can." "By providing the money lack them, the latter can also demand an expansion of Medicaid," said Paul Dutton.
