By Matt Hurley for the TIB Network:
Council for Affordable Health Insurance:
"We are quickly approaching a crossroads for the U.S. health care system," said CAHI Director Dr. Merrill Matthews. "Do we want government-directed or consumer-directed health care? Do we want bureaucrats or patients in charge? While neither campaign is promoting sweeping changes, both have a vision for the future of the U.S. health care system. And those visions would take us in two different directions."Thanks for the checkup, doc! Another reason to vote for Bush/Cheney: affordable, consumer-centered health care.
After examining each plan in depth, CAHI concluded that Senator Kerry's plan - which would expand the government's role in health insurance, impose price controls and eliminate innovative new options such as Health Savings Accounts - would reverse the recent shift toward consumer-directed health care policies, which promise to lower costs and increase access to coverage.
In general, President Bush's plan would encourage consumer-directed health care and energize the private health care system.
Matthews concluded, "While bolder steps could be taken, it's obvious that President Bush's plan does more to expand options and increases access to affordable health insurance."
InstaUpdate
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has something useful to add to this discussion:
"While we already have taken a much-needed step to help control rising medical costs by enacting Health Savings Accounts, today's report of a million and a half more uninsured Americans illustrates a willing Congress still has work to do.Which gives me a chance to plug John Thune...contribute to stopping Tom Daschle's obstructionism on this and many other issues.
"I call on obstructionist Democrats in the Senate to drop their silent filibuster of demanding sixty votes and instead move forward with a simple up-or-down vote on Medical Liability Reform and Association Health Plans. Both of these common-sense measures to hold down health care costs already have passed the House and simply await Senate approval.
"Senators John Kerry and John Edwards should willingly stand up to the Democrat Party's special interests, stop playing politics with the lives of these 45-million Americans, and do the right thing to hold down health care costs before it's too late. In fact, they should be the ones pushing for a simple majority vote in the Senate on Medical Liability Reform and Association Health Plans if they truly want to make a statement about their vision for the future."
Mark's Remarks
HEY DNC!!!! Don't you hate it when your commercials are revealed as lies? There is a DNC commercial in which actors say Bush has said nothing or done nothing about health care, but here we have EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY!!!! I just love it when liberal lies are revealed!!! Hey America, stop getting your opinions from commercials, celebrities, and rock stars! Do some homework if you want the best system! It is not in the hands of government but in our own hands!!!!
As Ronald Reagan said--Americans spend their money far better than the government does.
We are moving toward health care reform, but THE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT IT....you see, their buddies in the special interests don't want reform, they want bureaucracy and expansion of government, you know, people like the trial lawyers, etc.
Don't let them take more money away, fight them!
Quit letting them talk out of both sides of their mouth--decrying no reform even as they obstruct common sense measures to reform the system!!! Write and call your Senators today and tell them to shape up, or by God you will ship them out!
