Udall’s health care policy empowers politicians, not patients
October 13th, 2008 | by Brian Schwartz |
U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall says that “health care needs to be about patients and doctors, not insurance companies and bureaucracies.” Udall’s actions indicate otherwise.
Udall supports expanding SCHIP, government-controlled insurance for kids. Never mind that for every ten kids enrolled in SCHIP, six drop private insurance. SCHIP expansion can help create a generation who votes for government-controlled medicine from cradle to grave. Just get them addicted as kids.
Udall promotes more bureaucracy with a Massachusetts-style “requirement for health insurance coverage.” To enforce this, politicians decide what is acceptable insurance, not you. These politicians pander to special interests by mandating that your insurance include benefits many do not need. Like thousands of Massachusetts residents, your plan may become illegal, and you face punishment if you don’t buy a more expensive plan.
The Boston Globe also reports that to contain costs, Massachusetts authorities will “probably cut payments to doctors and hospitals” and “reduce choices for patients.” It also reports that “the wait to see primary care doctors in Massachusetts has grown to as long as 100 days.”
Udall’s health plan empowers politicians at the expense of patients and doctors. Let’s try free-market reforms instead.
