Think Act Lead encourages elected officials and candidates to pledge themselves to these reforms as part of a "Voter's Bill of Rights on Healthcare!"
Lift President Bush's ban on embryonic stem cell research and begin aggressively and wisely investing in biomedical research, with the noble goal of preventing and curing diseases and the practical plan of dominating the lucrative international biomedical industry over the next decade.
Stop the departure of scientists who are moving abroad to pursue stem cell research by providing federal stem cell research grants.
Recommend the creation of a Stem Cell Ethics Board staffed with an array of doctors, scholars, and ethicists to review research practices and alleviate any ethical and moral concerns that might exist.
Prescription drugs must be affordable, accessible, and safe. If Americans can’t get them at home, we should be able to obtain them legally from our neighbor to the north, Canada, or other countries.
As unbelievable as it sounds, Medicare was prevented by law under President Bush from negotiating for cheaper drugs with big drug companies. We must allow Medicare to negotiate for fair, affordable drug prices.
President Bush cut the President’s Council on Physical Fitness (PCPF) at a time when our citizens were less healthy and too many of our children were inactive and overweight. I propose establishing a task force to work with a new PCPF in recommending ways to educate the public on wellness and preventative care.
The private healthcare system is in crisis and needs reforming, but we should not throw the baby out with the bathwater. The key to a successful healthcare system is the dedicated doctors and nurses who deliver it. It is essential to bring doctors and nurses into the process of reforming the system by establishing a Medical Advisory Board.
We must dedicate ourselves to strengthening the solvency of Medicare.
Propose the establishment of a Task Force on Long-term Care to recommend ways of dealing with the economic cost of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, palsy, etc… and the crisis in affordable, accessible, quality senior care and living.
We need single-payer universal coverage based on Medicare whereby children under the age of 10 are included in the coverage. Each subsequent year would extend coverage to additional children while tweaking the system to correct for any problems... and, eventually, all Americans would be covered.
