Health Care Reform

ObamaCare:  Shopping For A  New Car When You Are About To Declare Bankruptcy?

The health care proposals put forth by President Obama and supported by Senator Patty Murray have created a contentious debate which is dividing our people and hurting our country.

This debate is largely unnecessary because the entire proposal to create a new and massive federal program ignores these fundamental realities:

  • The Federal Government shouldn't control health care,
  • We can't afford the programs we currently have, and
  • Even if the new program is "deficit neutral" it will require massive new taxes to pay for it.

The United States is facing unprecedented debt loads and massive deficits over the next ten years.  Now is not the time for our lawmakers to be creating new health care programs.  Our number one priority must be reducing the scope and spending of current government programs.

 

What Do The American People WANT?

Despite all the contention, public opinion polls show that the American people largely agree on a few basic points: 

  • We don't want people to be without medical care that they need, especially children.
  • We can't afford and don't want new taxes to pay for any new programs.

These results, confirmed by the recent election of Scott Brown in MA, strongly indicate that the American people want reform, but they want reforms which make our health care system more efficient without increasing costs. 

I support the following no-cost, deficit-neutral, easy to implement proposals which I believe will lead to lower costs and provide wider availability of health care without government intervention.

Four No-Cost Healthcare Reform Proposals

  1. Remove all restrictions and regulations which prevent healthcare providers from establishing facilities and freely competing for consumer's business.
  2. Allow health care, health insurance, and pharmaceutical companies to compete and offer products on an international, national, or multi-state basis.
  3. Move medical lawsuits to medical boardrooms first, then to courtrooms if necessary.
  4. Implement truth in advertising by requiring up-front public disclose of the cost and scope of all medical services for public comparison.