Moran's Statement On President Obama's Health Care Summit

Statement

Congressman Jerry Moran made the following statement today after the White House health care summit with Members of Congress:

"The plan President Obama proposed in his health care summit today was not focused on new ideas, but a recycled plan that the majority of Americans oppose. The President's plan takes bad parts of the Senate bill and makes it worse -- by adding taxes and subsidies, increasing government control and interference, expanding sweetheart deals, and still allowing taxpayer funding for abortions.

"The President should stop pushing a broken plan. It is time to consider some of the commonsense ideas that were presented today, which will preserve health care quality and lower costs -- medical liability reform; allowing insurers to sell policies across state lines; creating state high-risk pools to address pre-existing conditions and provide uninsured Americans access to health insurance; encouraging employer-sponsored health and wellness programs; letting individuals purchase health insurance with pre-tax dollars; and allowing small businesses to pool together to purchase health insurance."

Moran is Chairman of the House Rural Health Care Coalition and co-founder of the Congressional Community Pharmacy Coalition.

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