Reviving America |
Rather than try to determine how to bring down the cost of
healthcare, the government inflicted Obamacare on both the citizens and the
healthcare providers. Instead of the
government doing any monitoring, they allowed insurance companies to bid on the
job of monitor and get more dollars by getting new customers via the “Marketplace.” How is this affliction?
This affliction is a new financial burden. The healthcare providers have to do more administrative
things and purchase non-health related technology to meet the requirements to
process billing. This requires cost in
both time and money, so of course on the business-end they have to try to gain that
money back through increasing prices. As
far as the citizens (new insurance customers) are concerned, they now have to pay
for insurance they could not afford before in order to not be penalized at tax
time. This is required regardless of whether they are healthy or not and
whether they have children to cover or not. If an individual or the small company they
work for could not pay for insurance before, how is being forced to buy it
beneficial?
This program is really not working for those with the lowest
incomes! Check out this story and video to
see that poverty
remains high and millions more DO NOT have health coverage. America just cannot afford to keep Obamacare. Still not convinced?
In his book Reviving
America available on Amazon, Steve Forbes recommends repealing Obamacare and doing the following:
- Require healthcare providers (doctor’s offices, clinics, & hospitals) to post their prices for all procedures and services so patients know what they will be charged and cam check the competition for best prices.
- Create a national (across state lines) market for insurance so consumers can shop around for coverage.
- Allow both individuals and companies to receive tax deductions for purchasing health insurance.
- Remove the costly coverage mandates of Obamacare.
- Encourage Health Savings Accounts (HSA) by making them like IRAs.
- Let states decide how Medicare should work for their residents by making the funds a grant to them rather than keeping money at federal levels.
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