Healthcare Vouchers

The best solution I've found for reforming the healthcare system is Healthcare Vouchers. Please see the link for details. Here are my favorite parts of this system, as proposed by Dr. Fuchs (professor emeritus of Health Policy at Stanford Univ) and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel (Bioethics Committee, NIH):


  • Covers all U.S. citizens  
  • Similar to current coverage for Federal employees, including members of Congress
  • Individuals choose a health plan to administer their healthcare
  • ELIMINATES employer-based insurance, creating a huge economic stimulus  
  • Administered by a Regional Board of Governors  
  • Disputes resolved through an arbitration board, instead of lawsuits
  • Medicare and Medicaid would eventually be phased out by attrition
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/07useconomics_emanuel.aspx