Health Care Solutions Group Launches Web Site to Explain Candidates’ Proposals for U.S. Health Care System |
|
|
|
Written by U.S. Insurance News
|
|
Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
Hopefully, the presidential candidates won’t duck the questions that PresidentialRX.com plans to ask them.
Hopefully, the presidential candidates won’t duck the questions that PresidentialRX.com plans to ask them.
Health Care Solutions Group has launched PresidentialRX.com, a Web site whose purpose is to explain to American voters how each of the presidential candidates’ proposals for health care will affect them and their employers.
The Web site is built around four key questions that voters are asking:
- What is the status of the health care system?
- Why is the health care debate critical for me?
- Who are the candidates and what do they propose to do?
- How can I get more information about health care and this election?
Since less than one in five likely American voters say they understand the candidates’ proposals for the health care system (according to polling data from Zogby International), the Web site presents the answers to the above questions with the uninformed voter in mind. Summaries of each candidate’s plan reflect a comprehensive review of information made available to the public at the candidates’ Web sites, through speeches, and in the media. In addition, the site offers health care news and statistics, polling results, and definitions of key health care terms that are linked directly to site.
The summaries highlight how each candidate’s plan would impact three voting constituencies: insured individuals and families; non-insured individuals and families; and employers.
“The average American wants to know how each candidate’s proposal for our health care system will help them access care more easily, save money, and be certain they are receiving the highest quality care,” observed David Osborn, Ph.D. and executive director of Nashville-based Health Care Solutions Group, an affiliate of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and developer of the site.
However, Osborn continued, “candidates are not giving the specifics or spending the time needed to effectively explain their plans for an issue which consistently ranks at the top of voters’ minds—second only to Iraq and the economy overall. Because voters still have a lot of questions, we launched PresidentialRX.com and call on the candidates to be more open and transparent as the campaigns continue.”
As the candidate field narrows, PresidentialRX.com will engage candidates directly, continuing to request from them more details regarding their plans and what they mean for Americans.
“Bringing this important information to the American people in a way that is understandable—not full of jargon or sensational—through an accessible Web site like PresidentialRX.com perfectly fulfills the mission of the Solutions Group to lead and support improvements to the US health care system,” says Harry Jacobson, M.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University and chairman of the Advisory Board for the Health Care Solutions Group.
|
