Obama's Health Plan

The New American ^ | November 17, 2008 | Alex Newman

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President-elect Barack Obama's "Blueprint for Change" calls for "affordable, accessible health care for all." After a quote from a speech he gave in Iowa City explaining that we have an "obligation" to "turn the page on the failed politics of yesterday's health care debates," he outlines his plans "at a glance."

According to the brief summary, 45.5 million people aren't covered, costs have doubled over the last eight years, and not enough money is spent on preventative care. The legislation Obama plans to sign into law by the end of his first term would somehow reduce the cost of healthcare by up to $2,500 per year for a typical family, in addition to ensuring that every American is covered.

How would Obama reduce costs and improve quality? His blueprint provides several bullet points with the proposed changes. The very first bullet point calls for an "up-front" investment of $50 billion in "electronic health information technology systems." This initiative would supposedly reduce errors and "save lives and money," though for that to be true it would have to save more money than the initial $50-billion "investment." Of course, cost is not the only issue; with government providing the money for the information technology systems, the confidentiality of the healthcare information being stored and how that information might be used would also be a concern.

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Where any of Obama's plans are authorized in the Constitution is of course never mentioned, and how insurance companies are expected to deal with these new mandates also escapes his blueprint.

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