SEN JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE INITIATIVES: "We Have An Opportunity To Make Health Care Both Universal And Affordable"
Oct. 23: At a noon press conference in Des Moines, Iowa today, Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Joe Biden announced his groundbreaking comprehensive health care plan for all Americans.
The Biden National Health Care Plan includes four major initiatives:
* (1) Cover all Children
* (2) Access for Adults
* (3) Reinsurance For Catastrophic Cases
* (4) Encouraging Prevention and Modernization.
Here is a broad-stroke overview of one portion of Senator Biden's Health Care Plan, health care coverage for children. The additional details of this portion, and the rest of the Plan, can be found in the Web link, below.
Cover All Children
The path to universal health care starts with making sure that the most vulnerable, our children, have health insurance. Today, nine million children are uninsured.
The Biden Plan expands the State Childrenâ??s Health Insurance Program to at least 300 % of the federal poverty level ($61,950 annual income for a family of four) and allows families to buy into SCHIP with sliding scale premiums and co-payments based on family income.
It also extends coverage to at least age 21, and emphasizes wellness and prevention by eliminating co-payments for physicals, vaccinations and screenings, including vision care.
Senator Joe Biden's comprehensive Health Care Plan, including details on the four major initiatives listed above, can be read in its entirety HERE.
Visit Sen. Biden's campaign Web site at www.JoeBiden.com.
"I pledge that during the first 90 days of my Administration, I will bring together groups on all sides of this debate and seize the historic opportunity we have before us to make health care in this country both universal and affordable."
The Biden National Health Care Plan includes four major initiatives:
* (1) Cover all Children
* (2) Access for Adults
* (3) Reinsurance For Catastrophic Cases
* (4) Encouraging Prevention and Modernization.
Here is a broad-stroke overview of one portion of Senator Biden's Health Care Plan, health care coverage for children. The additional details of this portion, and the rest of the Plan, can be found in the Web link, below.
Cover All Children
The path to universal health care starts with making sure that the most vulnerable, our children, have health insurance. Today, nine million children are uninsured.
The Biden Plan expands the State Childrenâ??s Health Insurance Program to at least 300 % of the federal poverty level ($61,950 annual income for a family of four) and allows families to buy into SCHIP with sliding scale premiums and co-payments based on family income.
It also extends coverage to at least age 21, and emphasizes wellness and prevention by eliminating co-payments for physicals, vaccinations and screenings, including vision care.
Senator Joe Biden's comprehensive Health Care Plan, including details on the four major initiatives listed above, can be read in its entirety HERE.
Visit Sen. Biden's campaign Web site at www.JoeBiden.com.