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• Believes the government should ensure that all citizens
have access to basic health care.
• Wants to address lifestyle choices that lead to chronic
illnesses.
• Call for health insurance reforms and supports premiums
for healthy living.
• supports state funded care where necessary.
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? He claims that medical bills and health related issues are the
number one cause for personal bankruptcy.
? A priority for Obama would be to promote affordable,
accessible, and high-quality health care.
? Obama would mandate that all children have health care
coverage.
? He would create a national public insurance program that would
allow individuals and small businesses to buy affordable health
care similar to that available to federal employees.
? He supports universal health care, and believes that the
government should buy prescription drugs in bulk to reduce costs.
? His plan would require all employers to contribute toward
health coverage for their employees or toward the cost of the
public plan.
? He wants hospitals to be graded on performance and switch to
more cost-effective, computerized record keeping system.
? Obama would create a national health insurance exchange to
reform the private insurance market.
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