Rep. Broun Seeks Cosponsors to Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Washington,
Jun 29 -
Rep. Broun seeks cosponsors for H.R. 5421, a bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and replace it with four specific policies which enjoy bipartisan support. Since President Barack Obama signed his government take-over of health care into law, Americans have seen what “change” looks like, and it is not a healthy picture. Congress needs to repeal Obamacare and start over with a new plan.Americans want health care reform that lowers costs and is easier to take with them from state to state, or job to job. They want access to their doctors and treatments with less interference from insurance companies, special interests and, of course, Washington bureaucrats. They want the doctor-patient relationship protected. And for those uninsured or with pre-existing conditions, ompassionate calls prevail for an affordable approach to help those who truly need coverage. Some Democrats in Congress have expressed support for the ideas listed above and for the following specific solutions to these issues: (1) Individuals should be afforded the same tax advantages that businesses have by being able to deduct their 100 percent of all of their health care expenses from their taxes, including insurance. (2) Strengthen and expand new avenues for affordable health care for sick Americans through high-risk pools. (3) Expand choice and Competition by allowing consumers to shop for health insurance across state lines. (4) Create association health plans, which would allow small businesses and other entities to form pools that will increase availability and allow their sheer size to negotiate lower costs for their employees or members. While it's understood that these concepts do not make up a complete solution to our nation's health care problems, they would be a strong foundation for a bipartisan health care reform package that will start to address the inequities inherent in the health care financing system in our country, while still allowing for additional reforms in the future to advance the health care sector. It is time to repeal Obamacare and replace it with these four sensible reforms.
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