AdWatch: Hillary Clinton’s Healthcare Plan
September 17, 2007, 10:08pm
Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York today unveiled the healthcare plan that she promises to pursue if elected president, and her campaign unveiled a new advertisement to make the case for the plan.
The ad touts Clinton’s past efforts on the healthcare front and promotes her as an agent of change in the field: “Now she has a healthcare plan that lets you keep your coverage if you like it, provides affordable choices if you don’t, and covers every American. So if you’re ready for change, she’s ready to lead.”
Here are the highlights of the “American Health Choices Plan“:
- Insurers would have to offer coverage to all who apply and pay their premiums, and they would have to automatically renew policies.
- Preventive care would be covered.
- Employees would receive refundable tax credits based on income, and insurance premiums could never rise above a certain percentage of income.
- Large employers would be required to provide health insurance or contribute to the cost of coverage, and small businesses would receive tax credits for doing so.
- Medicare overpayments to managed care plans would be reduced, and Medicare could negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs.
Clinton will discuss the plan, which would cost an estimated $110 billion a year and be funded by modernizing the healthcare system and eliminating tax cuts for wealthier people, in a live webcast at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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