Jimmy Who?, by Leslie Wheeler: on Health Care


Nationwide comprehensive mandatory health insurance

Carter says he favors a nationwide, comprehensive mandatory health insurance program. His plan is that such a program would be financed through both the employer and the payroll taxes, as well as general revenue taxes. Patients would still be free to choose their own physician, but the federal government would set doctor's fees and establish controls to monitor the cost and quality of health care. Carter's proposal is very similar to the Kennedy-Corman health security bill now before Congress. Interested in promoting preventive medicine, Carter would also like to have more supportive personnel, as paraprofessionals and nurse practitioners, available to patients.
Source: Jimmy Who?, by Leslie Wheeler, p.190-191 Jan 1, 1976

  • The above quotations are from Jimmy Who?
    An Examination of Presidential Candidate Jimmy Carter
    by Leslie Wheeler .
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