Quist for Congress Health Care Advisory Group Issues its Mission Statement
(Members are: Allen Quist, candidate for Congress; Brian Davis, MD, Rochester; Scott Wright, MD, Rochester; Paul Double, Winona; Katie Jones, pharmacist, Mankato; Michael Van Norstrand, MD, La Crosse, WI., others to be added)
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Quality healthcare is a keystone of the Minnesota 1st District’s economy and is a major reason that living and working in southern Minnesota is such a privilege. It is no surprise that the state of our nation’s healthcare system, together with the state of the overall American economy is of highest concern to 1st District voters. The recently passed Senate healthcare bill, now known as Obamacare, clearly fails to recognize the excellence that American medicine has achieved, ignores the real problem of rising healthcare costs, fails to address the greatest needs we have in our healthcare delivery system and prevents competition in a free marketplace from playing any significant role in building an equitable American healthcare system. Allen Quist believes this is unacceptable and will work to repeal Obamacare which is clearly meant as a stepping stone to a nationalized healthcare system. In its place, Allen Quist and fellow Republicans will engage healthcare leaders from our region to create a truly reformed, free market, healthcare delivery system with transparent goals that:
- Enhances competition in the health insurance industry nation-wide and drives down cost
- Provides a secure foundation of healthcare available to the low-income uninsured and the uninsurable with pre-existing conditions
- Prevents Washington bureaucrats from distorting the delivery of healthcare through backroom deals and self-serving rules that usurp personal rights and State constitutional authority
- Provides for non-partisan management of Medicare and Medicaid that guarantees that healthcare will be available for our senior citizens
- Decreases the burden of unjustified litigation against healthcare providers driven by trial lawyers seeking only their own personal gain
- Has a cost which is contained and is visible and does not increase the power of the IRS as an enforcement agency
- Rewards quality of healthcare delivered, not quantity of services charged to patients
- Does not make insurance companies or the government the arbiter of quality healthcare
The Democratic incumbent has voted with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid for a politically driven system that will put our children trillions of dollars in debt in a European-style social system. Allen Quist knows what he believes and will speak for us with a powerful voice in Congress. As the campaign to replace the Democratic incumbent advances toward the general election, Allen will present specific proposals to accomplish each of these goals.
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