Issues

The Center Party believes healthcare should be affordable, readily available, and consistent for all.

Whereas healthcare and drug costs are currently unaffordable, non-transparent to the consumer, and not readily available and consistent for all;

7a. Be it resolved that we support capping healthcare company profits to aid in ensuring availability of reasonably priced healthcare premiums and medical costs.
Whereas healthcare and drug costs are currently unaffordable, non-transparent to the consumer, and not readily available and consistent for all;

7b. Be it resolved that we believe healthcare is a fundamental factor of life for Americans, however, it should be balanced with both governmental discretionary spending as well as private sector offerings.
Whereas Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM’s) act in a monopolistic manner on drug pricing and availability, and no longer serve a truly useful purpose in the drug supply chain;

7c. Be it resolved that we support reducing Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s (PBM’s) influence on raising drug prices.

Whereas healthcare and drug costs are currently unaffordable, non-transparent to the consumer, and not readily available and consistent for all;

7d. Be it resolved that we support uniform world-wide pricing by U.S. drug companies that currently charge more to U.S. customers.

Whereas the Healthcare system is a complex, convoluted, and broken delivery system that garners almost 20% of the Gross National Product (GNP), reaching 4.3 trillion dollars in 2021;

7e. Be it resolved that we support industry innovations to reduce factors that drive up healthcare costs such as drug pricing, malpractice insurance, excessive legal judgements, and middleman markups.

Whereas the Healthcare system is a complex, convoluted, and broken delivery system that garners almost 20% of the Gross National Product (GNP), reaching 4.3 trillion dollars in 2021;

7f. Be it resolved that we support transparency in billing before and after treatment, as well as uniform billing by providers for all services, regardless of type of insurance.

Whereas the Healthcare system is a complex, convoluted, and broken delivery system that garners almost 20% of the Gross National Product (GNP), reaching 4.3 trillion dollars in 2021;

7g. Be it resolved that we support limiting government bureaucratic functions that hurt the financial independence of smaller hospitals, outpatient facilities, and individual doctors that are outside of large corporate operations.

Whereas the Healthcare system is a complex, convoluted, and broken delivery system that garners almost 20% of the Gross National Product (GNP), reaching 4.3 trillion dollars in 2021;

7h. Be it resolved that we support an overhaul of the medical malpractice judgement system awarding enormous payouts and sometimes frivolous lawsuits to reduce high insurance costs that get passed on to everyone else.

Whereas the Healthcare system is a complex, convoluted, and broken delivery system that garners almost 20% of the Gross National Product (GNP), reaching 4.3 trillion dollars in 2021;

7i. Be it resolved that we support the patient’s right to make end-of-life choices in a dignified manner for individuals who are diagnosed with a terminal condition.