Laurie Dewitt 916 13th Street South Nampa, ID 83651-2770 Dear Laurie: Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to the President’s health care law. I agree with you and welcome this opportunity to respond. I voted against this bill and my opposition continues. This law’s ramifications do not stop with health care. Advertised as a measure that will control health care costs, this law will do the opposite by increasing the federal deficit. Additionally, many of the new taxes will disproportionately affect small businesses, resulting in further financial hardships for hard-working Americans – especially in a time of double-digit unemployment rates. Businesses that cannot afford to provide coverage to full and part-time employees will face $2,000 in penalties per worker. Already strained in the current economy, employers that cannot afford health insurance cannot afford these fines. Such penalties will discourage businesses to hire more people. Health care spending currently exceeds 16 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and continues to increase at an alarming speed. Our nation needs health care reform that does not come at the expense of hardworking Americans. I envision reform that realigns payment incentives toward outcomes, not the number of procedures; promotes wellness and prevention programs; encourages small businesses to pool together to purchase insurance; allows insurance companies to sell across state lines to increase competition; and eliminates waste, fraud and abuse that contribute to health care’s rising costs. I also support consumer-driven initiatives that allow individuals to find benefit options that best meet their needs. For example, expanding effective and popular Health Savings Accounts would do so without increasing taxes or expanding the government. Instead of giving the government more power over health care, individual patients must have more control, choice and information to make their health care decisions. When individual patients have these choices, they will reward innovative insurers and providers who reduce costs and improve quality. America deserves a better process and a better product. Any successful reform package must properly address all logistical and personal components of our nation’s health care system. We need to start over with step-by-step reforms that would actually address real, specific issues that would make a positive difference for all Americans. Again, thank you for contacting me. Please feel free to contact me in the future on this or other matters of interest to you. For more information about the issues before the U.S. Senate as well as news releases, photos, and other items of interest, please visit my Senate website
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 23:14:20 +0000
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