Issue Position: Reducing the Cost of Health Care

Issue Position

The rising cost of health care impacts middle class families in the 7th District and across the nation. After Obamacare was passed, premiums increased by 48%. I believe that there are free-market solutions that will lower the cost of care while protecting those with pre-existing conditions. I support:

*Permanently removing the individual mandate.
*Allowing insurance to be sold across state lines to increase competition and lower prices. If an Oklahoma company can provide a better price to Texans, then they should be allowed to do so.
*Allowing generic pharmaceuticals to compete on the market to lower the price of back-breaking name brand products.

Millions of Americans receive their insurance from their place of work. I will protect employer-sponsored health insurance from attempts by the extreme liberals to ban it in favor of a government run, single-payer system.

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