COOPER RELEASES PROPOSAL FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE IN MARYLAND
Cooper for Maryland
Lower Healthcare Premiums, Smaller Class Sizes
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COOPER RELEASES PROPOSAL FOR UNIVERSAL
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE IN MARYLAND
Bethesda, MD, April 24TH, 2018 – The
campaign unveiled its Healthcare Equity, Access, Reliability, and
Transparency Act (H.E.A.R.T. Act) to move Maryland towards universal healthcare coverage through the
provision of a “public option.” This plan would take the form of Medicaid
expansion as an opt-in, means tested public option.
Said Cooper, “Taking care of the vulnerable
is not only morally correct; it’s fiscally responsible. We need to stop using
Emergency Rooms to provide primary care to the uninsured, stop using prisons to
care for the mentally ill, and start using a Public Option through universal
Medicaid eligibility to cover every Marylander with whole body coverage, which
will improve health outcomes and will have a positive impact on health
insurance premiums for everyone else.”
This plan aims to:
a. Create a
large risk pool by enrolling 500,000 public employees in this plan.
b. Generate
savings to gain economies of scale.
c. Leverage
purchasing power to negotiate down drug and medical device prices.
d. Benefit from
the significantly lower administrative costs associated with publicly
administrated plans.
e. Allow
Marylanders to buy into this public option at a fair price for their income
level.
f. Maryland
has made great strides by charging fair prices in hospitals. We should build
upon successes to guarantee that our doctors do the same.
The plan has been endorsed by former Maryland
Health Secretary Van Mitchell as a plan that is sure to generate long-term
savings for Maryland.
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