The nation’s largest healthcare insurance lobby & trade group (America’s Health Insurance Plans) today announced its plans toward the goal of a universal healthcare access mandate. To be fair, the announcement came with few specifics, of course; however, the route it will take to get there completely discounts the Obama plan which would utilize a national taxpayer subsidized delivery system, a la Medicare.

Guaranteeing healthcare access to all citizens, regardless of socio-economic status will require, in the words of the AHIP, a strong “‘private-public’ partnership that builds upon the principles of employer sponsored care”. The lobby will rely on a national requirement for health insurance coverage as a key stipulation for promising coverage to everyone; that is, coverage required by U.S. law is necessary for third parties to compete for consumers’ healthcare needs (and dollars). Insurance companies should not be forced to participate in government sponsored programs. Interesting. | LINK

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