Beijing says it will rely on private insurers to fill the gap beyond basic coverage.
Because the federal government subsidizes between 50 cents and 76 cents of every Medicaid dollar spent, many states have significantly expanded the basic coverage.
Employees would want affordable policies, and that would mean basic coverage without all the bells and whistles that they demanded when their employer was footing the bill.
Then give people a set of choices that range from basic coverage to highly generous expensive coverage and let them decide how much money they want to spend.
Subsidize lower-income people in some way, like refundable tax credits, to ensure people have money to buy good basic coverage, but then they'd have to add their own money if they wanted something more extravagant.
As it happens, the first three elements are exactly the model of the ACA. The law includes insurance exchanges, a requirement that private insurers make coverage available to everyone regardless of health status, and the obligation that everyone have at least basic coverage.
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His answer will also not explain why government mandates and government required basic coverage minimums are praiseworthy when it comes to our Israeli friends but are to be vilified by Mitt Romney and his supporters when they are included in the Affordable Care Act.
Indeed, the American Medical Association has urged insurance companies to classify such procedures as part of basic health coverage.
There are many ways we could have helped the poor secure basic health coverage (e.g. through vouchers) without destroying the entire industry with third-party payer systems.
This is not radically different from France, where the government offers everyone basic public coverage, of course--but a whopping 90% of the French also buy supplemental private insurance to help pay for the 20% to 40% of their tab that the public plan doesn't cover.
But unlike FDR, instead of waiting two years for a second New Deal to push for the transformative change of Social Security, this guy in his first year goes after something none of his predecessors since FDR managed to achieve: extending basic health care coverage to all Americans.
In China, the company sells supplemental packages to individuals who want more coverage beyond the basic plans government provides.
The law requires coverage of not only basic pediatric services under all new health plans, but also oral and vision needs for children, starting in 2014.
These are basic statements that turn up in news coverage, not always with much explanation.
The new insurance exchanges created by this law ensure coverage of preventive care and basic health services, including maternity care, which is often not provided in health plans in the individual insurance market.
Bush's plan, for example, would rely on the government to set the basic rules under which private insurers would offer coverage to seniors.
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Every plan, including traditional Medicare, would be required to offer at least two variations: one with basic Medicare benefits and a second with drug coverage, too.
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"Although China still has a long way to go before it has continuous real-time tactical coverage, even of a regional maritime environment, it now has frequent and dependable coverage of stationary targets and at least a basic ability to identify, track and target vessels at sea, " they wrote.
What are the basic principles of professional, inclusive, sensitive and responsible media coverage which can contribute to mutual tolerance, dialogue and a better understanding?
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But I will not back down on the basic principle that, if Americans can't find affordable coverage, we will provide you with a choice.
Second: The coverage of the New Jersey decision might lead readers to ignore some basic facts about criminal trials.
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The plan has set a goal of 4 Mbps (megabits per second) download of universal coverage around the country by 2020, which it says would support the basic usage of e-mail, downloading web pages and simple video conferencing.
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And finally, the economic incentives in the ACA are strong for many employers to drop coverage. (I will cover these in a second post.) For these basic reasons, the CBO should not have used the Massachusetts experience as a model for employer behavior.
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Whether or not schools offer coverage, they frequently charge students who are covered on a parent's plan more for basic services like a check-up with a doctor, prescriptions or X-rays.
Then they have a real incentive to go out shopping for lower-cost coverage, and the industry and insurers have strong incentives to find cheaper ways of giving people the basic things they need.
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