Universal coverage is then the end and the individual mandate implied as the means.
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Massachusetts, the first state to attempt universal coverage, is slashing its health budget by 12%.
Their conclusions will determine whether America inches towards universal coverage, or falls far short.
Then offer your universal coverage provisions and pay-fors as amendments right before the final vote.
Earlier this year both Republican and Democrats in New Mexico's state legislature introduced proposals for universal coverage.
John McCain, the Republican nominee for president--though McCain falls short of declaring universal coverage as a goal.
"It will be interesting to see what happens if they come up with universal coverage, " she said.
However, those other governments get universal coverage for their money, while the U.S. gets only partial coverage.
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Providing universal coverage of preventive services is by no means a guarantee that people will get them.
While he became a strong proponent for universal coverage, for example, he remained ambivalent about the public option.
Preventing heavily regulated insurance companies from failing financially is then the end and universal coverage implied as the means.
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Tennessee's plan for universal coverage, dubbed TennCare, fared even worse in the 1990s.
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They promise universal coverage, whatever its cost, and the massive tax increases, mandates and government regulation that it imposes.
As a young senator fighting for health care, he was offered a version of universal coverage by President Nixon.
For instance, Massachusetts is trying to achieve universal coverage first before tackling costs.
As a result, some sort universal coverage is the only way to make LTC insurance truly affordable for middle-income households.
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At best, then, universal coverage has a mixed record in controlling health care spending increases, even after resorting to rationing.
The Baucus bill forces them to cover everyone but does not have enough carrots or sticks to enforce universal coverage.
The industry supports health care reform, including several Democratic priorities such as universal coverage for all Americans, regardless of pre-existing conditions.
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, promised to force votes on Democratic measures, such as universal coverage for Medicare recipients.
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We see support for universal coverage but less for requiring that people have insurance or for increasing taxes to pay for it.
Reports suggest there's universal coverage available, but some of the poorer neighborhoods haven't been built out, DSL and cable are not available.
The Massachusetts first-ever health plan providing almost universal coverage for its citizens.
After decades of failed attempts at reform, a consensus appears to be emerging in America around the principles needed for universal coverage.
Should America offer even more people such unlimited access through universal coverage, it too will end up rationing care or facing national bankruptcy.
Switzerland's consumer-driven health care system points the way: The Swiss have universal coverage, spend 40% less and enjoy an excellent, private health care system.
On the other hand, Republicans will be poorly advised if they seek to repeal the commitment to universal coverage in the Obama health law.
But if Republicans block such efforts, as seems likely, then America's great attempt to achieve universal coverage through regulated private markets will eventually collapse.
Carol McCall of Humana, a big American health-care provider, thinks a move toward some sort of compulsory, universal coverage is inevitable, even in America.
Would you take me seriously, as a proponent of universal coverage?
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