Family Practice News
April 1, 2004
Pro & Con
Are tax credits the best way to cover the uninsured?
Dr. John C. Nelson, president-elect of the American Medical Association:
To most effectively increase health care coverage, we need a national solution that builds on the strengths of our current system. The American Medical Association has long held that properly structured tax credits are the best approach to covering the uninsured.
Dr. Don McCanne, immediate past president of Physicians for a National Health Program:
Tax credit proposals are designed to provide financial assistance for the purchase of private health plans that are becoming less and less affordable. The problem is that private plans are an expensive, inequitable, and administratively inefficient method of funding health care.
Comment: This brief “pro and con” opinion feature is well worth reading in its entirety.
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