The American Benefits Council has released a new report calling for the inclusion of healthcare reform as an integral part of economic recovery priorities for the new Obama administration and Congress.
The report, titled Condition Critical: Ten Prescriptions for Reforming Health Care Quality, Cost and Coverage, recommends reform that builds on the existing foundation of employer-based health insurance. It also urges measures to make healthcare services more affordable and of higher quality.
The report’s 10 recommendations include building on what works; maintaining a federal framework for reform; improving the quality and efficiency of health care; improving the transparency of the healthcare system; making health coverage an individual responsibility for all Americans; establishing a minimum standard for coverage; reforming the individual insurance market for those without employer-based coverage; strengthening state safety-net programs; improving tax policy to make coverage more affordable; and enabling employers and employees to develop retiree healthcare solutions.
Read the report.
