Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

In an age in which an individual's right to choose their own health care is seemingly under constant attack, it is crucial that Congress continue exploring ways to further build a strong free-market health care system and improve access to affordable care through various private sector options.

While I remain fundamentally opposed to President Obama's health care law, I stand ready to address the cost of health care through an incremental approach of common-sense solutions that puts patients, not Washington bureaucrats, in charge of their own health care decisions and allows employers the flexibility they require to provide coverage.

We need to introduce market-based solutions to controlling health care costs, like allowing health insurance to be purchased over state lines, enacting tort reform to limit doctor's liability, encouraging the use of health savings accounts, allowing small businesses to pool their resources to purchase insurance, and cutting excessive taxes and regulations imposed on the pharmaceutical industry. Lastly, individuals should be able to deduct the cost of purchasing health insurance from their taxes, making it more affordable. I believe in allowing individuals and their doctors to make decisions about their healthcare.

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