In the white paper, Mr. Taylor discusses the value of expanding healthcare coverage to all U.S. citizens without increasing governmental control and offers a rationale for why this type of reform would decrease per capita healthcare cost. He also discusses how a single-payor system could best provide services in an efficient, rational manner and how the new system must be refocused around primary care providers.
Specifically, Mr. Taylor provides the following healthcare reform recommendations:
• Basic, mandated benefit coverage for all U.S. citizens
• Increased emphasis on the primary care relationship between physician and patient
• Creation of a non-political regulatory entity to recommend future amendments of health programs to Congress
• Comprehensive medical malpractice tort reform
• Elimination of provider tax-exempt status unless services were provided completely free of charge
Read the healthcare reform white paper here (pdf).
