Positions and Views of Mark Pryor
on Health & Medical
| Currently Elected U.S. Senate, Arkansas |
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| Health & Medical |
Positions and Views |
| Health & Medical Care, a General Statement |
hear from Arkansas families and small business owners every day about the rising costs of health care and their struggle to stay afloat as premiums spiral out of control. One out of every five Arkansans has already been left behind. It is very clear to me that the status quo is not working, and will in fact continue to get worse without action.
The health care reform legislation recently passed into law lays a solid foundation for more affordable, reliable and accessible health care. While 32 million Americans will gain health insurance, millions more will benefit from tax credits, more competition in the insurance marketplace, and meaningful steps to reduce the deficit. In addition, we all win with protections against abusive health insurance practices. Insurance companies will no longer be allowed to impose caps on lifetime coverage, drop insurance coverage because of an illness, or deny coverage because of a pre-existing condition. I am proud to be part of this monumental effort.
Source: pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm (01/04/2011) |
| Improving Health & Medical Care |
The health care reform legislation recently passed into law lays a solid foundation for more affordable, reliable and accessible health care. While 32 million Americans will gain health insurance, millions more will benefit from tax credits, more competition in the insurance marketplace, and meaningful steps to reduce the deficit. In addition, we all win with protections against abusive health insurance practices. Insurance companies will no longer be allowed to impose caps on lifetime coverage, drop insurance coverage because of an illness, or deny coverage because of a pre-existing condition. I am proud to be part of this monumental effort.
Source: pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm (01/04/2011) |
| Reducing Health Care Costs |
Provides assistance for families earning up to 400 percent of the poverty level -- or about $88,000 a year -- to purchase health insurance.
Source: pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm (01/04/2011) |
| Disease Prevention |
Eliminates co-pays and deductibles for preventive care
Source: pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm (01/04/2011) |
| Rural Health Care |
Provides funds to build new and expand existing community health centers.
Source: pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm (01/04/2011) |
| Children's Health |
Bars insurers from denying coverage to children who have preexisting conditions
Requires insurers to allow young adults to stay on their parents' plan until age 26
Source: pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm (01/04/2011) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Rationing Health Care |
| Health Information Interchange Network |
| Quality and Cost Reporting |
| Biomedical Superiority |
| Patient's Bill of Rights |
| Medical Errors |
| Immunizations and Vaccinations |
| Health Opportunity Accounts |
| Alternative Medicine |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| Medical Research |
| Physicians |
| Nurses |
| Public Health Workers |
| Association Health Plans (AHP) |
| Women's Health |
| Elderly's Health |
| Health Disparities |
| Exposure to Toxic Chemicals |
| HIV/AIDS |
| Cancer |
| Lead Poisoning |
| Mercury Pollution |
| Obesity |
| Diabetes |
| Mental Health |
| Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) |
| Drug Addiction |
| Mad Cow |
| West Nile Virus |
| Autism |
| Asthma |
| Alzheimer's Disease |
| Substance Abuse |
| Resistance to Antibiotics |