• The House majority leadership claims its bill will lower your costs. Not true.
o The bill creates a situation where employers will be forced to drop the health care coverage they provide, including the employer subsidy of the cost of your premium, and the only place you may be able to get insurance is through the government-run health plan.
o In fact, the bill will cause some people to lose their employment altogether.
o Furthermore, if you don’t have insurance, after you have been dropped by your employer or worse yet laid-off, you will be forced to pay a tax to the government for not having insurance.
• The House majority leadership claims its bill will give you greater choice in health care. Not true. Even if you like them, you can’t keep your doctor or your health plan.
o First, the House bill taxes employers who do not provide insurance to their liking resulting in employers dropping their employee health care coverage altogether. You would then be forced to find a new plan.
o Second, the bill will result in some people losing their jobs. If you have insurance through your job and you lose your job, you may not have access to the same health care providers you once had.
o Third, the majority’s bill requires you to have insurance that is to their liking. If your insurance policy or your employer’s insurance plan does not make their cut, you may have to seek insurance elsewhere, such as through the government-run plan. There is no requirement that the government-run plan provides you with access to the providers you see today. In fact, due to the gross underpayment of providers who take the government-run plan, you could be hard-pressed to find a provider to take you as a patient.
• Finally, the House majority claims its bill provides higher quality of care. Its say this is because doctors will be in charge of health care decisions. This is untrue. In fact, the bill does just the opposite.
o The bill allows the government to determine how much it will pay doctors, which will be less than the cost of the services they provide. The bill allows the government to decide which drug or medical device it will allow your doctor to prescribe and how much the government will pay for these items. Ultimately, the bill puts the government in the treatment room to interfere with the treatment decisions you make with your doctor.
