It’s been 12 years since the ACA was passed. Yet nothing has changed.
Hi Friend,
It's been 12 years.The Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare) passed 12 years ago today. For most Americans, this is not a happy anniversary.
For 12 years, we have watched healthcare costs go up, not down. We’ve had plans canceled. We’ve been told our preferred doctor, facility, or drug isn’t covered because it’s out of network. We’ve seen government spending on health care skyrocket, even aside from the pandemic!
Perhaps worst of all, this bad law has made it harder to see real reform in health care. It’s time to change that and make price transparency a reality.
Choice: Patients – not bureaucrats – should decide how to pay for health care. This puts us in control. Whether it’s a Cadillac insurance plan, basic “catastrophic” coverage, or a direct-pay arrangement with our trusted physician, it’s our money, and most importantly, it’s our health!
Affordability: Choice begets competition, and competition will lead to lower prices. We also need more doctors and more nurses. We need more facilities. Government shouldn’t be in the business of limiting healthcare providers and what they can do. Increase supply; decrease prices.
Transparency: Prices aren’t helpful unless you can see them. Patients deserve to know what they should expect to pay. This will allow patients to shop for health care based on value. Most health care is not an emergency; we have time to plan. But we can’t plan well if hospitals hide their prices until after the fact.
After doubling down on ObamaCare’s wrong, government-centric approach for 12 years, we think it’s time to go in a different direction. Don’t you agree? A freer market for health care would mean greater choice, affordability, and transparency.
Ironically, the full name of ObamaCare is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But rather than make care more affordable, it’s made it less so. And rather than protect patients, this bad law has left us without protection, without information, and without redress.
