Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Too often politicians translate "promote the general welfare" into "control every aspect of the lives of our citizenry". The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is no exception. It was neither about being affordable, or about healthcare. Premiums and deductible costs for individuals, families and businesses are being driven higher every day. The healthcare system in the United States has been too bureaucratic and too expensive for far too long. Obamacare must be fully repealed so we can take a new approach to the issue. The ACA has overburdened Medicare, breaches the constitutional rights of citizens, forces people to receive health insurance, and has caused taxpayers millions to fix the failed project. It's time for Congress to keep its promise in fixing our broken healthcare system using a new dynamic approach. Instead of the old top-down approach to health care we need to open up the system as a whole to innovation and competition. What the healthcare system in our country needs is patient-centered care, not more bureaucracy. It's simple: more choices, less mandates. You should have the freedom and flexibility to choose the care that is best for you, not the one that is mandated by your federal government with legal repercussions should you disobey. As you get older, Medicare should give you more choices too - at every step, you should be in the driver's seat. It's time we use our head and open up the industry to innovation and competition.

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