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This SB840 logo links to Sen Kuehl's web site
The bill incorporates the following features:
Security - Everyone is covered. No one will
ever lose coverage for any reason.
Choice - Everyone can choose their doctors
and other providers. Under this single payer plan,
health care delivery is in the private sector.
Comprehensive Benefits - Everyone has full benefits that
include prescription drug coverage and mental health care.
High Quality - Doctors and patients, not administrators,
make medical decisions. Hospitals can afford safe staffing levels
for registered nurses. Primary and preventive care are priorities.
Efficient Administration - Huge savings result from removing
insurance companies from health care. Provider and patient paper
work is slashed.
Fair Cost sharing - Employers and employees pay a modest
health care premium, which is less than most pay now.
Fair Reimbursement - Providers receive fair and full compensation
for their services.
Cost Controls - Health care inflation is controlled by
efficient administration, global health care budgets, bulk purchases
of drugs and durable medical equipment, coordination of capital
expenditures, and linkage to growth of the State Gross Domestic
Product.
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