R-1-2009 Single Payer Health Care PlanRESOLUTIONS 2007
Adopted by Delegates to the LWVC Convention, May 17, 2009
Whereas, The LWVUS position on health care calls for A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM which is universal, comprehensive, equitable, and affordable both to individuals and to the nation;
Whereas, The LWVUS position (adopted in 1993) supports A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN financed through general taxes in place of individual insurance premiums; and
Whereas, A SINGLE PAYER health care plan can best fulfill these crieteria; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the LWVC ask the LWVUS to actively support the principle of SINGLE PAYER NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE by
- vigorously advocating that a single payer legislative proposal be included in deliberation of health care reform by Congress and the Administration and
- insisting that side-by-side comparative analyses of single payer proposals with other proposals for health care reform be part of these deliberations.