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Health Care Compact
[edit]The Health Care Compact is "an interstate compact – which is simply an agreement between two or more states that is consented to by Congress – that restores authority and responsibility for healthcare regulation to the member states (except for military healthcare, which will remain federal), and provides the funds to the states to fulfill that responsibility."[1]
This is one of many interstate compacts and has had huge implications toward changing the way American healthcare operates.
History
[edit]With the inception of President Obama's proposition to reform the United State's healthcare by spending $900 billion dollars in ten years [2], the U.S. populace began a debate about the reasoning behind federal health-care.
Some opposers of the bill argued that it was unconstitutional, that it gave too much power to the government. Others believed that healthcare was simply too large to maintain at a federal level and something needed to be done to bring health-care back to the people. Active members of the idea of healthcare being up to the general populous began coming up with ways to accomplish this goal. One American, Leo Linbeck III [3], came up with an idea to form an interstate alliance between states in order to bring the power of regulating health-care to the states.
For a complete list of provisions in the Federal Statute, see Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Health Care Compact
[edit]The Health Care Compact is an interstate compact that restores authority and responsibility for health care regulation to the member states (except for military health care, which will remain federal), and provides the funds to the states to fulfill that responsibility. The idea of the compact is that, since healthcare is too complex to be run federally, and since the constitution reserves to the states or to the people those powers not granted to the federal government, an interstate compact will bring healthcare down to a state level and follow the intent of the Constitution.
Leo Linbeck testified to State-run Health Care with this parable:
"Consider the following situation. You go out to dinner with 9 friends. The decision is made that you’ll split the check evenly – everyone will pay 10% of the total. You all get seated, and John’s the first one to order.
John would be fine with what everyone usually orders, a chicken Caesar salad that costs $10. However, he really loves surf and turf, although he rarely orders it because it costs $40 and it’s a lot of food – more than he can generally eat. But in this situation, he figure that since he only pays 10% of the cost, it only costs him $3 more for a surf and turf. What a deal! So that’s what John orders.
The waiter then goes to the next person, and they think, “Well, I was in the mood for the chicken Caesar, but I like surf and turf too, and since John ordered the surf and turf, I guess I will too. After all, if I order the salad and he orders the surf and turf, I’ll end up paying $13 for my $10 salad.”
By the time we’re done, everyone gets surf and turf, the total bill is $400, and everyone ends up paying $40. Plus, everyone gets more food than they can eat. In short, everyone pays too much and gets too much, simply because the governance system for the meal was poorly designed." [4]
Reception
[edit]The Health Care Compact has stirred up heavy controversy. Many left-leaning political activists say that a compact is unnecessary because federal government should have control over healthcare policies. With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more of the populous with be better served. The other side of the political spectrum supports the HCC, saying that it will bring more power to the people and will help the U.S. get back on track for healthcare.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Healthcare Compact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:REFB (accessed 1 June 2011)."
- ^ "http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthreform (accessed 1 June 2011)."
- ^ http://www.linbeck.com/id=249&peopleid=51&action=getbio(accessed 1 June 2011)
- ^ "Leo Linbeck III - Testimony in Tennessee." http://healthcarecompact.org/leo-linbeck-iii-testimony-tennessee-april-20-2011(accessed 2 June 2011)
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