Health care opinion leaders' views on priorities for the Obama Administration

Health care opinion leaders' views on priorities for the Obama Administration

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Data brief (Commonwealth Fund)
Contributor(s):
Stremikis, Kristof.
Collins, Sara R.
Davis, Karen.
Guterman, Stuart.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- organization & administration
Insurance, Health -- organization & administration
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The 17th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey asked a diverse group of experts about priorities for the incoming administration and found President Obama enjoys a strong mandate for major elements of the health care reform proposal unveiled during the 2008 presidential campaign. There was strong support for allowing uninsured individuals to purchase coverage through a health insurance exchange, expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, creating new insurance market regulations, instituting employer provision or financing of coverage, and including a public insurance option in an insurance exchange. Large majorities of opinion leaders thought several specific health care provisions were very important or absolutely essential elements of a forthcoming economic stimulus package, including investing in health information technology, providing federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) premium assistance for recently laid-off workers, and allowing long-term unemployed Americans access to a public health insurance program.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101548789 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101548789