Bill Grahams comments on how to insure the uninsured in our state:
"In order to get at the number of uninsured, 1.4 million people. and deal with the ever increasing cost in health care I would establish a tax credit pool to take the top risk off the top and there by lowering the premiums for everyone who needs access to health care." The program outlined by Graham would include allowing you to spread out your medical deductible over a year and the insurance plan would cover mental health disorders including those caused by injury. The plan proposal would also allow for small and medium sized businesses to spread out their risk.
On an audience question regarding the needs of people with developmental disabilities and long term services and supported employment and what as a governor he would do to support these needs Graham's response was, "That would fall under the catastrophic case-anything that is not covered under Medicaid or insurance would fall under catastrophic. If a person has significant life long expenses and it would then become a tax credit case. They would be fully covered. There is no exclusion in the tax credit pool for a pre existing condition. As science goes on everyone here will have a pre existing condition."
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