Group urges universal health coverage

Mark Sherman in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports:

Rapidly rising costs, soaring numbers of uninsured and an epidemic of poor care have caused a health care crisis that only sweeping reform will solve, an alliance of business, labor, religious and civic groups said Tuesday.

The National Coalition on Health Care said Congress should require that everyone have basic health insurance, with subsidies for those who can’t afford it. It also called for holding down premiums for the basic package, simplifying health care administration and reducing medical errors by tying payments to quality, among other things.

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