Our Position on Health Care Reform

Give reform a chance first, without introducing a government-run plan

A new government-run plan would undercut President Obama’s pledge that people who like their health care plans and doctors can keep them, and would lead to severe negative consequences for millions of Americans because:

	Creating an expensive new government oversight entity would divert funds from the steps needed to reform health care.
	A government-run plan would impose a dramatic financial burden on doctors and hospitals; with the expected lower government payments to providers, national analysts project hospitals would lose $36 billion and physicians $33 billion.
	If Medicare’s lack of investments in innovative tools is any indication, a new government-run plan would mean less value and lower quality for patients.

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More background on the consequences of a government-run plan.