Reid Ribble Says Government Takeover is not a Solution
Feds should not be both a regulator and competitor
For Immediate Release
Contact: McKay Daniels
(920) 257-9746
October 29, 2009
The following is a statement by Reid Ribble on the healthcare bill House Democrats unveiled today:
“Our healthcare system is in need of reforms but the Nancy Pelosi & Steve Kagen plan presented today is not the solution. While our economy is struggling and jobs are disappearing by the hundreds of thousands their proposal is to raise taxes. Our government is printing and spending trillions of dollars and yet their proposal is a package with nearly a trillion dollar price tag.”
“The federal government is currently in the automobile business, the banking business, the insurance industry, and the mortgage business…and yet the Democrats are proposing a backdoor takeover of our nation’s healthcare too? This isn’t a solution; this is the problem with Washington. This bill will not decrease health costs as originally proposed, but instead will increase costs as the government interferes in the free market process. The bill has a significant cost shifting bent and most Americans will pay more and receive less once this bill is fully in effect.”
“Instead of a government takeover, consideration should be given to reducing the costs that come from defensive medicine by having meaningful legal reform. Doctors are ordering expensive tests simply to protect themselves in the event of a lawsuit. We all have to pay the costs of those medically unnecessary tests or procedures through higher insurance premiums.”
“We need to fix the portability problem with health insurance and move away from an employer-based health insurance system. We need to address coverage of preexisting conditions and we need to have healthcare reform, but we shouldn’t have that reform be in the shape of a government takeover. We need to increase competition at every avenue within the medical industry but not by having government be a competitor. Government’s role is to regulate industry, not to regulate and also compete in that industry. If I learned anything in my years as a coach, it is that you can’t be a player and referee at the same time.”
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