I am anxious to get into it as Dr. Emmanuel's health plan has received considerable attention.
In the meantime, Maggie Mahar over at "Health Beat" has put together two posts on the plan, "A Fresh Look at Health Care Reform" you might find useful.
Dr. Emmanuel creates a voucher system enabling everyone to buy a private health insurance policy with the plan funded by a value added tax (VAT). It's a clean sheet approach to health care reform with all of the political advantages and disadvantages starting over would give us.
Maggie summarizes it this way:
If this all sounds too good to be true, you need to read Health Care, Guaranteed by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. Published this month, Health Care, Guaranteed offers a bold, refreshing plan for health care in America. The charm of the proposal is four-fold: It faces up to the fact that reform won’t pay for itself, and it offers a funding mechanism that is fair, efficient and could deliver high quality care nationwide. It regulates insurers, forcing them to concentrate on quality. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, this plan insulates our health care system from the lobbyists who, today, have far too much control over our health care system.You can access both of her posts here and here.
