Health Care
"Currently about 60 cents of every health care dollar goes through the government. If you think health care is expensive when the government is involved at 60 cents on the dollar, wait until they're involved at 100 cents on the dollar." - John Dennis
Health Care At A Glance
I support:
- Making all out-of-pocket medical expenses tax deductible.
- Making insurance premiums paid by individuals tax deductible.
- Eliminating legal impediments that restrict companies from opening Health Savings Accounts for employees.
- Repealing government imposed requirements on what insurance companies must cover.
- Using the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which allows the Federal government to make interstate commerce "regular," to repeal state laws preventing insurance companies from competing across state lines.
- Ending corn subsidies
- Ending tobacco subsidies
At the state level, I would urge states to consider loosening medical care licensing requirements and enacting reasonable, carefully considered tort reform.