Health Care
The recent passage of health care legislation will come not only at a significant cost to taxpayers’ finances, but to our freedom.
The health care takeover fails to address the primary purpose of healthcare reform - reducing cost. Instead of working to make health care more affordable for all Americans, Congress created a healthcare bill that expands entitlements and government control. By failing to address cost containment, their healthcare scheme becomes sustainable only through the rationing of services. That means restricted access to health care for you and your family.
We need to fix all that is wrong with the new health care bill and put forth a comprehensive plan to reduce health care costs, promote competition, and improve access.
The insurance I had at the time my first son was born did not cover birth expenses. With the understanding that I was going to pay out of pocket, I went about trying to shop around for the best price and service to deliver our baby. Despite great efforts on my part, it was nearly impossible to get anyone at the hospital to tell me the price of anything. While I did my part as a consumer, the necessary information simply wasn’t available. This is unacceptable and shows the need for reform. By insisting on disclosure of cost and quality information, families can regain better control over their health care dollars and decisions.
I support:
1. Eliminating discrimination against people with preexisting conditions from getting health insurance.
2. Allowing private individuals to join larger private insurance cooperatives or associations in order to derive the cost benefits afforded to people who are insured through large corporations.
3. Permitting individuals to purchase insurance across state lines
4. Encouraging individuals to purchase insurance by allowing them to write off their insurance premiums as a tax deduction.
5. Reforming our tort laws so doctors are not saddled with costly malpractice premiums that drive up costs.
Proponents of a government-run insurance program say that they are simply trying to “keep insurance companies fair”. But how can the government be a fair player when it has unlimited access to our tax dollars, no mandate to generate a profit, and the power to challenge the rules in the middle of the game? The artificially low prices of the government program will encourage businesses that are currently providing medical benefits to their employees to drop their providers and move them to the cheaper, federally subsidized program. In the end, a government “choice” will be “no choice” at all because it will eventually drive out competition, leaving all of us with a single payer system. When it comes to our health, let’s put Americans, not government in the driver’s seat.
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