Barack Obama called for universal health care. His health care plan called for the  creation of a National Health Insurance Exchange that would include both private  insurance plans and a Medicare-like government run option. Coverage would be  guaranteed regardless of health status, and premiums would not vary based ...
Jul 16, 2009 ... President Barack Obama has been prodding Congress to follow his principles on  health care reform. ... conservative opponents sometimes claim that the public  option — health insurance run by government that acts as insurer of last resort —  is a stalking horse for a single-payer health care system.
Mar 25, 2017 ... I think that it is time to adopt the healthcare system that Canada and most other  nations have: a single-payer healthcare system. A single-payer ... “Obamacare” is  the political name given by Republicans to the healthcare plan passed by  Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in March 23, 2010.
Sep 5, 2012 ... President Barack Obama's health care law has been one of the most polarizing  aspects of his presidency, with Republicans criticizing it at every turn. ...  spearheaded by First Lady Hillary Clinton -- sought to pass a major overhaul of  the health care system that would have aimed for universal coverage.
Sep 13, 2017 ... Senators on Wednesday rolled out competing plans for the nation's health care  system, with a group of GOP senators making a last, long-shot effort to undo  Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders  proposing universal government-run coverage. Despite opposition and ...
Barack Obama's health care plan is "to mandate health care coverage and have a universal government-run program."