Kaiser tool compares candidates’ health plans
With such a crowded field of presidential candidates, it can get difficult to keep track of all of their views and proposals for improving our nation's health care system. The Kaiser Family Foundation has come to the rescue, with a helpful tool that allows you to compare side-by-side the various health care plans of all of the candidates. Since health care is such an important issue in this campaign, it is essential that voters fully understand the views and approaches of each candidate, and that they recognize the key differences among them.
Union members have fought hard to win the health care benefits that they have, and now the fight to preserve those benefits has crowded out other issues at the bargaining table. As the country begins to decide how best to improve our nation's health care system, we have an important opportunity to shape the debate by advocating a solution that both levels the playing field for employers that provide benefits and also allows unions to negotiate better wages and benefits. As you review these proposals, keep these goals in mind:
* Preserve quality affordable health care for workers and retirees
* Provide cost relief to employers who provide worker and retiree benefits
* Control costs to keep health care affordable
In order for our nation to achieve these goals, we must elect a president committed to that achieving them. And that means going to the polls with a clear view of where each candidate stands on this critical issue.
Cross-posted on CWA Votes blog
