Opinion: Spend Money on Universal Care Not Costly Exchange
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Solutions
May 29, 2013
Coloradans need health care. It’s a basic human right. Yet as we get more information about Colorado’s new health insurance exchange, it seems less certain that people will get the health care they need.
The exchange, also called a marketplace, seems more complex every day. I wonder if Coloradans who need the help most will even be able to understand this new system, much less figure out how to get care.
There is a simple solution. We need universal health care, specifically a public single-payer health system that would assure all of us who need care can access it.
The complexity of implementing and understanding the reforms required under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as Obamacare, has become more apparent in recent days. Health Care for All Colorado, the state’s leading advocacy group for a universal public single-payer system, contends that this complexity will lead not only to unnecessary confusion for patients and caregivers but also to increased costs for premiums and other administrative costs that will continue to drive the cost of health care ever higher.
Obamacare regulates health insurance companies. Find out what its major values include by reading the full article here.
