Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Access to quality health care is a challenge for the Third District because of rising costs and the distance between health care facilities. Unfortunately, President Obama's policies threaten to make these problems worse, not better.
The President promised Obamacare would reduce costs, would allow Americans to keep their health care plans and their doctor, and would not add "one dime to the deficit." Each of these promises has fallen short. The cost of health care has continued to rise, thousands of Nebraskans have been kicked off of their insurance plans or lost their doctors, and the cost of this law will add more than $1 trillion to the national debt during the next decade. In my opinion, the worst aspect of the law is the individual mandate which effectively makes criminals out of Americans who want to take care of themselves.

I believe we must repeal Obamacare and pursue market-based reforms. Decreasing bureaucracy and mandates while increasing competition in the system will make health care more affordable and accessible for all Americans.

The President's Administration has also proposed numerous one-size-fits-all regulations which would hamstring rural hospitals including many in Nebraska's Third District. I have been a leader in opposing these rules, and will continue to fight to make sure Third District residents are able to be treated at local hospitals.

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