WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats announced their health insurance reform bill. The unveiling was followed by a call for a vote on the legislation next week. “We believe the Democrats’ health insurance proposal is far from the answer to reforming health care for the better,” said John Tate, President of Campaign for Liberty. “Their bill forces people to purchase health insurance, increases premiums, and creates a public option that will eventually go the way of other bankrupt government-run programs.”
“Campaign for Liberty is proposing that Congress try passing legislation that promotes true health freedom,” continued Tate.
Tate went on to propose an alternative package, which includes legislation introduced by Congressman Ron Paul. The cornerstone of the package is H.R. 1495, the Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009, which provides all Americans with a tax credit for 100% of health care expenses, a tax credit for premiums for high-deductible insurance policies connected with a Health Savings Account (HSA), and allows seniors to use funds in an HSA to pay for a medigap policy, as well as making all medical expenses tax deductible.
Also included are H.R. 2629, a bill that prevents the government from requiring people to purchase health insurance, and H.R. 3217, introduced by Congressman John Shadegg, which permits the purchase of health insurance across state lines and will ultimately lower costs due to the resulting competition.
Tate continued, “The same government that has given us trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security is not going to fix our health care system with this latest bureaucratic scheme. It's time to vote health freedom.”
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