The bill aims to take a wrecking ball to the principle of universal coverage.
By John Cassidy March 7, 2017 The Republicans' proposed American Health Care Act aims to take a wrecking ball to the principle of universal coverage.
For seven years now, House Republicans and their wealthy donors have been desperate to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which established the principle of universal coverage, and came with new taxes that hit the country's top earners.
That's the principle of universal coverage inherent in Obamacare, after all.
It also created a political consensus behind the essential principle of universal coverage ― that everybody should have insurance, regardless of income or medical condition.
"Through the debate over Obamacare, I thought the principle of universal coverage was welcome and that Republicans should work on that and offer their own proposals and counter-proposals through the process," Frum told me.
The Italian Health Service (IHS) is based on the principle of universal coverage.
The principle of extending coverage to relatively underserved communities had been established.
The Italian National Health System is based on the principle of universal coverage and it is financed by general taxation.
Although more and more countries have tried to implement the principle of universal coverage in their national health insurance plans [ 27], our results provide data highlighting the needed evidence for developing strategies of sustainable management.
