From the "Makes too much sense for Washington", files: Obamacare-Inflated Health Costs Are Sucking Away Tax Reform’s Success For Families: Despite good economic news, the high costs of health care remain the most pressing and worrisome domestic issue for families and individuals.
Obamacare must be fully repealed—every word of it. Past efforts by Republicans have been half measures stemming from political fear and cowardice at the advice of Washington insiders, instead of doing what was promised and is right. But repealing Obamacare is not the finish line. If Americans are to receive the care they deserve at a cost that is affordable with a doctor of their preference, repealing Obamacare is only the beginning.
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The solution to this problem is not centralizing even more power in the hands of government bureaucrats under socialized medicine schemes hidden behind the phrase “Medicare for All.” Aside from quadrupling down on the flaws that have caused the very pain that millions of Americans are experiencing, “Medicare for All” socialism would cost $32.6 trillion, bankrupt the country, destroy what care we currently have in favor of adopting the lowest common denominator, and accelerate the closure of hospitals essential for providing care to millions of seniors.
The answer remains what it’s always been: freedom. We must finally move to a patient-centered, market-oriented system.
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It also means returning health insurance back to its proper function as a backstop for potential catastrophic medical events. You, not your employer, should own your insurance plan, and it should be personalized to your specific health needs, not necessarily linked to your employment. Most of all, it means removing the cost-driving mandates that are making our health care and insurance unaffordable.
If the author is successful in his congressional bid, as seems likely, his voters will be expecting him to offer legislation repealing Obamacare....
The solution to this problem is not centralizing even more power in the hands of government bureaucrats under socialized medicine schemes hidden behind the phrase “Medicare for All.” Aside from quadrupling down on the flaws that have caused the very pain that millions of Americans are experiencing, “Medicare for All” socialism would cost $32.6 trillion, bankrupt the country, destroy what care we currently have in favor of adopting the lowest common denominator, and accelerate the closure of hospitals essential for providing care to millions of seniors.
The answer remains what it’s always been: freedom. We must finally move to a patient-centered, market-oriented system.
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It also means returning health insurance back to its proper function as a backstop for potential catastrophic medical events. You, not your employer, should own your insurance plan, and it should be personalized to your specific health needs, not necessarily linked to your employment. Most of all, it means removing the cost-driving mandates that are making our health care and insurance unaffordable.
