Delacare2009

Delacare
Executive Summary

Wellness             Productivity                 Security

1.    One risk pool for all citizens of Delaware.
2.    Health care access is not tied to employment.
3.    Every citizen will be covered by a private basic plan which will be administered by one provider after competitive bidding.
4.    Multi payer system – employer, employees, general tax revenues.
5.    Choice is encouraged within the basic plan which is modeled after BCBS state employee plan along with long term care provisions.
6.    No HMO’s, no PPO’s and no workers comp.
7.    EHR implementation with dollar for dollar reimbursement to providers.
8.    Health care courts for fairer and more streamlined tort process.
9.    Incentives for healthy lifestyles, penalties for injurious lifestyle choice.
10. Patient Centered not Government Controlled  Health Care
where every patient is different and deserves to be treated as
a human being.