Positions and Views of Mike Lee
on Medical Insurance
| Currently Elected US Senate, Utah |
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| Medical Insurance |
Positions and Views |
| Health Insurance, a General Statement |
First and foremost, we must work to defund and repeal Obamacare. Every possible means must be applied within Congress as well as through the application of the Constitution and the law to stop full implementation of this legislation. We must also support meaningful solutions to health care reform which increase the portability of insurance for individuals, allow individuals and small businesses to fully claim the same tax deductions large corporations currently enjoy, ease limitations on health savings accounts (HSAs), put an end to outrageous malpractice damage awards, and allow for communities and groups to unite in associated health plans.
Enabling free market forces to work by allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines will also help drive down costs through positive price competition. Health care reform must never give government the authority to force Americans to buy health insurance, redistribute wealth to satisfy government mandates, or overburden small businesses which would contribute to job losses. The real solution to our current health care challenge is found in less government involvement in the process -- not more.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (05/08/2010) |
| Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) |
First and foremost, we must work to defund and repeal Obamacare. Every possible means must be applied within Congress as well as through the application of the Constitution and the law to stop full implementation of this legislation.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Universal Medical Care / Insurance |
First and foremost, we must work to defund and repeal Obamacare. Every possible means must be applied within Congress as well as through the application of the Constitution and the law to stop full implementation of this legislation.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Medicare |
Three entitlement programs--Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid--are on a course that is as disturbing as it is unsustainable. Through these programs, Congress has promised to provide roughly $50 trillion in "unfunded" benefits to Americans who are alive today--that is, benefits for which Congress lacks the financial means to pay. This is irresponsible. While current Social Security beneficiaries must be held harmless, there needs to be a systemic overhaul to these programs, lest they bankrupt the country. To do so, people will need to realize that the benefits those older generations have had, may not be available in the future. But to not overhaul these programs cannot be postponed or overlooked any longer like the problem is going to go away.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (05/08/2010) |
| Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitations |
We must put an end to outrageous malpractice damage awards.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Employers' Medical Insurance |
We must allow individuals and small businesses to fully claim the same tax deductions large corporations currently enjoy.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Free Market Health Care |
We must support meaningful solutions to health care reform which increase the portability of insurance for individuals, allow individuals and small businesses to fully claim the same tax deductions large corporations currently enjoy, ease limitations on health savings accounts (HSAs), put an end to outrageous malpractice damage awards, and allow for communities and groups to unite in associated health plans.
Enabling free market forces to work by allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines will also help drive down costs through positive price competition. Health care reform must never give government the authority to force Americans to buy health insurance, redistribute wealth to satisfy government mandates, or overburden small businesses which would contribute to job losses. The real solution to our current health care challenge is found in less government involvement in the process -- not more.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Health Insurance Purchase Choices |
We must support meaningful solutions to health care reform which increase the portability of insurance for individuals, allow individuals and small businesses to fully claim the same tax deductions large corporations currently enjoy, ease limitations on health savings accounts (HSAs), and allow for communities and groups to unite in associated health plans.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Portable Medical Insurance |
We must support meaningful solutions to health care reform which increase the portability of insurance for individuals.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) |
We must ease limitations on health savings accounts (HSAs).
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Market-Based Medical Insurance |
We must support meaningful solutions to health care reform which increase the portability of insurance for individuals, allow individuals and small businesses to fully claim the same tax deductions large corporations currently enjoy, ease limitations on health savings accounts (HSAs), put an end to outrageous malpractice damage awards, and allow for communities and groups to unite in associated health plans.
Enabling free market forces to work by allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines will also help drive down costs through positive price competition. Health care reform must never give government the authority to force Americans to buy health insurance, redistribute wealth to satisfy government mandates, or overburden small businesses which would contribute to job losses. The real solution to our current health care challenge is found in less government involvement in the process -- not more.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| Medicaid |
Three entitlement programs--Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid--are on a course that is as disturbing as it is unsustainable. Through these programs, Congress has promised to provide roughly $50 trillion in "unfunded" benefits to Americans who are alive today--that is, benefits for which Congress lacks the financial means to pay. This is irresponsible. While current Social Security beneficiaries must be held harmless, there needs to be a systemic overhaul to these programs, lest they bankrupt the country. To do so, people will need to realize that the benefits those older generations have had, may not be available in the future. But to not overhaul these programs cannot be postponed or overlooked any longer like the problem is going to go away.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (05/08/2010) |
| Medical Malpractice Reform |
We must put an end to outrageous malpractice damage awards.
Source: www.mikelee2010.com/issues (12/31/2010) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Medicare Vouchers |
| Fixing Medicare |
| Medically Uninsured or Underinsured |
| Pre-Existing Health Conditions |
| Fixing Medical Insurance |
| Employers vs Employees As Chief Health Care Buyer |
| Coverage of Children |
| State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) |
| State Plans |
| Medical Insurance Block Grants |
| TRICARE Health Insurance |
| Medical Insurance Discrimination |
| Misuse of Health Records |
| Medicare Reimbursement Formulas |
| Uniform Billing and Claims |
| Paperless Claims |
| Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP) Buy-In |
| Federal Reinsurance Medical Pool |
| Chronic & Catastrophic Illnesses |
| Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) |
| Business Tax Credits for Employee Health Coverage |
| Tax Credit / Deductible for Medical Insurance |