Reply #28: Similar list

[OzarkDem]

Developed by the National Breast Cancer Coalition in 2003. Its not a detailed plan, but a list of guidelines any health care reform proposal should include:

# Healthcare is a basic human right.
# Healthcare is fundamental to maintaining a productive society.
# Healthcare coverage must be guaranteed for everyone.
# The healthcare system must provide the same comprehensive benefits to everyone and must meet the public's expectations.
# The healthcare system must be redesigned so that treatment and coverage decisions are based on evidence and best practices.
# All individuals must financially contribute to the system, based on ability to pay.
# The new health care system must be easy to use for patients and providers, and easy to administer.
# Any system of coverage must include these core values:

* Access. Individuals must be able to get all the care they need when they need it. This must include meaningful access to evidence-based interventions.
* Information. Individuals must receive information that is evidence-based, objective, complete and correct.
* Choice. Individuals must have some choice of doctors and care.
* Respect. Our healthcare system must treat the whole person, not just a person?s disease.
* Accountability. Standards regarding care must be clear, uniform, and enforceable. Patients must have a right to sue if their basic human right to healthcare is violated.
* Improvement. The healthcare system must have methods for measuring what is and is not working so that the quality of care can continuously be improved. Individuals must have access to well designed and efficiently run clinical trials, and must have coverage of all routine care costs associated with participation in such trials.

On edit: I meant to post this in response to OP.