Now been replaced by the President Carter who wanted to approach health insurance in incremental steps, over time, if certain cost containment benchmarks were met-and after the 1978 midterm elections. The Jimmy Carter who had declared that he wanted mandatory and universal coverage and had a plan that was nearly identical to mine had And Carter continued to slow down the process.īy the summer of 1978, I felt that the president was squandering a real opportunity to get something done. The moment called for bold leadership and swift action built around a single piece of legislation. That he had no intention to hammer out a legislative proposal. We negotiated long and hard in 1977 to compromise on a single-payer system and agree instead to support a plan built on our existing system of private insurance provided that coverage was mandatory and universal. True Compass, by the late Senator Ted Kennedy: on Health Careġ977: Incremental approach instead of universal coverage
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