Monday, July 27, 2009

Senator Jim DeMint’s “Health Care Freedom Plan.”

You see, Senator DeMint has done a great job in laying out the issue.

Of course, you wouldn’t know it based on the response from the Democrats. Did you know that in his primetime press conference, President Obama referenced folks like DeMint, blaming them for opposing Obama’s plan, trying to paint conservatives with no ideas of our own? Did you know that the day after that, the Democrats came out with a video against Jim DeMint, again saying his answer on health care was “No,” and that he didn’t have a plan of his own?

We at American Future Fund Political Action deplore their tactics and we feel you should have the record set straight.

Jim DeMint’s plan offers the following:

My plan puts individuals back in control of their health care decisions by offering every American a health care voucher — worth $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for families — to purchase a plan that best works for them. It doesn’t force anyone who likes their employer-sponsored health care to leave it. If you like your current plan, you can keep it. If you don’t have insurance, or if you do have insurance but might want to shop around, you can claim the voucher. My plan finally allows comparable tax benefits for those without employer-sponsored care, like small business workers and the self-employed.

The plan also breaks down barriers and creates a nationwide insurance market that doesn’t restrict individuals from purchasing insurance plans in other states. It also allows greater flexibility to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to pay for insurance premiums.

To bring down overall health care costs, my bill reduces predatory malpractice lawsuits against physicians and hospitals and brings more transparency to the industry by requiring that true costs of health care are disclosed before patients receive treatment. My plan also ensures that Americans with pre-existing health conditions would be provided access to affordable coverage through federal block grant funding of state high-risk projects.

This is the leading, conservative plan in the Senate, yet Democrats paint its author as one who has no plan.

Unbelievable, isn’t it?

Unfortunately, Democrats continue to ignore conservative plans because they frighten them. You see, Democrats know that conservatives, with their common sense solutions to health care reform, have them beat already. And they don’t want YOU to know it.

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