Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Billy Long: Obamacare threatens health care of all Americans

In his latest newsletter, Seventh District Congressman Billy Long says recent delays in the implementation of Obamacare are ample evidence that the whole thing needs to be scrapped.
Like death by a thousand cuts we keep hearing news from the Obama administration about delays and missed deadline after missed deadline regarding the implementation of Obamacare. 
The administration’s effort to suspend the employer mandate section of Obamacare illustrates just how troubled this law is.  Government intervention into any market reduces the quality and quantity of the product available to the public.  The tragedy is that when the government intervenes in the health care market the cost will not just be measured in dollars, but also in consequences to public health. 
The need for this action delaying the implementation of Obamacare further illustrates the need to repeal the law.  Obamacare’s complex mandates and increased costs threaten the health care of all Americans, especially hardworking Americans who like the coverage they currently have and will lose.  
We need a health care system that drives down the cost of care and incentivizes investment in new technology to increase the quality of care.  The free market is the only system that has been proven time and again to achieve the best outcome for the most people.  I believe Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with free market reforms that will make health care more available to all Americans through competition and innovation.

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