Indiana Green Party

1) Aids Prevention and Treatment:
• IGP supports aids education in schools and for the general public;
• IGP supports making condoms freely available in schools and to the public;
• IGP supports public funding of Aids Hospice Programs;
• IGP supports needle exchange programs for drug abusers.
2) IGP supports public funding for end-of-life hospice care.
3) IGP calls for the legalization of the medical use of marijuana.
4) Health Care and Insurance Reform:
• IGP calls for full legalization of certified midwifery, and for coverage of midwife services under all private and public insurance plans.
• IGP calls for full coverage under all private and public insurance plans for the services of Nurse-Family Practitioners.
• IGP calls for full coverage for birth control by public and private insurance plans.
• IGP calls for public support of and universal public access to birth control and abortion counseling.
• IGP supports full parity of coverage for mental illness under all public and private insurance programs.
• IGP opposes insurance companies and HMOs intervening inappropriately in health care decisions.
• IGP opposes unreasonable limitations on hospital stays.
5) Health Awareness Issues:
• IGP supports public funding of educational programs in the schools and for the general public on healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
• IGP supports strict public monitoring and reporting of the quality of the food supply.
• IGP supports and encourages availability and consumption of organic foods.
• IGP supports teaching and promotion of holistic approaches to health and medicine.
• IGP supports public research initiatives in areas of alternative medicine, such as homeopathy, herbal medicine, acupuncture and acupressure.