Our nation’s health care
system is broken in many ways. The status quo on access
to health care in this country is unacceptable. Unfortunately,
the President’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA) only worsens our nation’s health care
system.
First, the PPACA employer mandate likely will cause millions of Americans to lose their private insurance plans because many employers are making the calculation that it will be cheaper to dump their employees into the new health care exchanges. This is not the patient choice promised under the President’s health care plan.
Second, the Affordable Care Act actually fails to responsibly protect Medicare for our Nation’s seniors in two ways. First, the Independent Payment Advisory Board established by the PPACA would seriously impair the doctor-patient relationship for Medicare recipients by allowing this unelected board to make binding decisions on the treatments that Medicare will or will not pay for. Even worse, the PPACA cuts hundreds of millions of dollars of funding to the Medicare program itself. This is not protecting our nation’s seniors.
Not only does the President’s health care act make our nation’s health care system worse, it is also killing job growth, undermining business confidence, and – as the Supreme Court acknowledged – it is tantamount to taxing the American people.
The PPACA implements 21 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses. This is not what the working men and women of America want. The PPACA includes 12 taxes on families making under $250,000. This is not what the working men and women of America bargained for.
The President’s health care plan – which is raising taxes on the American people, killing job growth and business confidence, and exacerbating problems of our already broken health care system – needs to be repealed.
Congress must work to replace the PPACA with real reforms and policies that:
The working men and women of our country deserve better than the PPACA. We must repeal it now and begin the important work of real health care reform that actually honors the choices, needs, and values of the American people.
Sincerely,
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Daniel E. Lungren
Member of Congress
First, the PPACA employer mandate likely will cause millions of Americans to lose their private insurance plans because many employers are making the calculation that it will be cheaper to dump their employees into the new health care exchanges. This is not the patient choice promised under the President’s health care plan.
Second, the Affordable Care Act actually fails to responsibly protect Medicare for our Nation’s seniors in two ways. First, the Independent Payment Advisory Board established by the PPACA would seriously impair the doctor-patient relationship for Medicare recipients by allowing this unelected board to make binding decisions on the treatments that Medicare will or will not pay for. Even worse, the PPACA cuts hundreds of millions of dollars of funding to the Medicare program itself. This is not protecting our nation’s seniors.
Not only does the President’s health care act make our nation’s health care system worse, it is also killing job growth, undermining business confidence, and – as the Supreme Court acknowledged – it is tantamount to taxing the American people.
The PPACA implements 21 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses. This is not what the working men and women of America want. The PPACA includes 12 taxes on families making under $250,000. This is not what the working men and women of America bargained for.
The President’s health care plan – which is raising taxes on the American people, killing job growth and business confidence, and exacerbating problems of our already broken health care system – needs to be repealed.
Congress must work to replace the PPACA with real reforms and policies that:
- support and improve the freedom of the patient-doctor relationship,
- increase the supply of doctors, especially primary care physicians,
- allow the purchase of health insurance across state lines,
- increase access to medical care in a manner that respects the ability of patients to make decisions in consultation with their doctor, and
- ensure that patients with preexisting conditions will not be denied access to medical care.
The working men and women of our country deserve better than the PPACA. We must repeal it now and begin the important work of real health care reform that actually honors the choices, needs, and values of the American people.
Sincerely,
Daniel E. Lungren
Member of Congress
