Why don't we hear anything about the other health care reform bill in congress. HR 3400, The Empowering Patients First Act. I don't like the republicans very much, but at least their Health Care Reform considers the liberty and freedom of individual Americans, and actually promotes free market solutions (sort of). HR3400 can be summed up having the following key points:
Individuals to choose their health insurance (no mandates)
Deductibility of health insurance premiums regardless of who pays
Employers to provide flexible health-insurance options to employees
Health insurance coverage for low-income families (300 percent of the federal poverty level)
Health insurance for high-risk individuals (pre-existing conditions)
Sale of health insurance across state lines
Expansion of Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs
Individual membership association health insurance plan
Association Health Insurance Plans
Medical liability limitations (Tort reform)
It does not increase taxes, require a new government bureaucracy, require a "government health insurance" option, impose fines on workers or employers, nor add $1 trillion or more to the national debt.
If you hear the media saying that nobody is offering an alternative to Obama care, they are lying. Google H.R. 3400 and do some of your own research. It's not a pure libertarian bill, but it is closer to a libertarian methodology, and a much more libertarian than Obama care.
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