AMA Wants Everyone Into The Insured Pool

The American Medical Association wants the government to require affluent individuals and families to buy a minimum level of catastrophic and preventive health care policies.

The proposal is step 1 of an AMA plan to bring health care to all Americans. Ultimately, all Americans would be required to acquire health insurance under the plan, which the AMA, Chicago, adopted at its annual meeting this week.

The initial stage of the plan would require those earning more than 5 times the federal poverty level ($49,000 for an individual and $100,000 for a family of four) to obtain health care coverage.