Alan Khazei on Health Care

Close the Medicare Part D coverage gap

• SUPPORTS Affordable coverage for individuals age 50-64.
• SUPPORTS Guarantee that Medicare benefits will be protected in any healt care reform legislation.
• SUPPORTS Closing the Part D coverage gap.

Health care is both a moral issue and an economic issue

Guiding Principles
• Health care is both a moral issue and an economic issue. Our nation must have a health care system that provides quality, affordable coverage for all.
• Each of us must make responsible decisions for ourse families, including leading an active lifestyle and following a healthy diet.
• Our health care system should be aimed at making Americans healthier, not just paying for medical procedures when health fails.
• All Americans shoul health coverage: those who like their current health care provider should be able to keep it and those who don't should have other options.
• Americans with health insurance need real protections to prevent insurance companies from dropping coverage or limiting benefits when they need help the most.
• Americans without health insurance need quality, affordable choices, whether they are changing jobs or starting a small business.

Healthcare reform more important than covering abortion

The two nonofficeholders running, City Year co-founder Alan Khazei and Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, have both said they'll support the bill even though the Stupak amendment. Khazei features his statement in the Stupak amendment prominently on the home page of his campaign website, while Pagliuca has run radio ads nailing both Coakley and Capuano for their stance on a health care bill that could ultimately help millions of Americans.