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Our glossary of terms explains the jargon and defines the common acronyms you will come across at Health Care Reform Plans. Please email us at editor@reformplans.com to make comments or with suggestions about the Glossary.
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| Nanny government | “Nanny government” is the disparaging term assigned, mainly by conservatives and Republican politicians (such as Republican U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani), to plans for universal healthcare—especially those put forth by the Democratic candidates. Critics such as Giuliani argue that to pay for universal care, the United States would have to significantly raise taxes, a move that would decrease revenue and discourage investors. They also argue that government run programs are typically very inefficient compared to what the private sector, or business, achieves.
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| National Health Insurance Exchange | A National Health Insurance Exchange is part of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s universal healthcare plan. The Exchange would “act as a watchdog group and help reform the private insurance market by creating rules and standards for participating insurance plan.” These standards would “ensure fairness and make individual coverage more affordable and accessible.” Under the plan, “Insurers would have to issue every applicant a policy, and charge fair and stable premiums,” as required by the Exchange, and would have to justify any above-average premium increases.” The role of the Exchange would also be “to evaluate plans and provide information about differences between them.” (See barackobama.com/issues/healthcare.)
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| National health systems | National health systems are typically government-funded institutions—such as those in Canada and the United Kingdom--that provide medical care to its citizens, generally for a small co-payment.
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