Broad backing as Public choice Healthcare

If you've been hiding under a rock, is the intense debate on the reform of the health of President Barack Obama on the lips of almost everyone, if not possible, because if you think health care reform does not concern you, it fits, if the debate .

One of the goals of health reform is to ensure that everyone can get health insurance, especially young people. More than 30% of Americans between 19-24 is uninsured and an insured of seven young people, "Claire said Brindis, director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California at San Francisco.

Many young people are not by the health plans of their parents who may not have received under the insurance at work, can not afford to buy insurance or simply do not believe you're sick. But if you're sick or injured, if you are unsure, you can not the medical care they need, or you can go into debt by medical expenses. Cutting through the jargon of health care is not easy. It is about the so-called "public choice".

You have the debate about whether the "public" health care reform should be integrated heard. The option is managed by state public health agencies are, "said Melissa Rodgers, Associate Director, Berkeley Center for Health and Family Economic Security.

A plan for public health insurance is an option for people who are not insured or no insurance to cover their medical needs, "says Rodgers. No one would be forced to participate in the public system. The government might also things that the private insurance markets that can not be guaranteed that everyone has access to affordable health care will do, "she said.

Expansion of health insurance for all Americans cover is an important part of health reform, "said Brindis.

Other major objectives are to ensure that people have concluded, the insurance and the cost of medical care limited.