OMG! NO Newt!
Relax.
He called for an IMMEDIATE REPEAL of the health care law.
The “about 300 pages” he’s talking about putting in the replacement document are going to be the stuff that was put in to curry Conservative favor and win over Conservative Democrats. Part of this includes actual REFORMS that Conservatives have been fighting for.
Some examples include:
- the ability to increase fines for billing errors (thus forcing efficiency) and less endless patient fighting with the insurance company to pay for GUARANTEED services. I have had to deal with this crap myself.
-The Food and Drug Administration is authorized to approve generic versions of biologic drugs and grant biologics manufacturers 12 years of exclusive use before generics can be developed. That is some important cutting of red tape Conservatives have been fighting for.
-Enhanced methods of fraud detection are implemented. This includes Medicare fraud. Hell YEAH!
-A new website installed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services will provide consumer insurance information for individuals and small businesses in all states. This will help small businesses and the self-employed compare all possible plans in order to obtain the best possible deal.
-A temporary tax credit program is established to encourage private investment in new therapies for disease treatment and prevention. In other words, the financial risk is reduced for medical companies and their investors when considering researching new treatments and medicines.
-Employers must disclose the value of the benefits they provided beginning in 2012 for each employee’s health insurance coverage on the employees’ annual Form W-2’s (In other words, you are given the total dollar amount of your company’s total compensation to you for your services - full disclosure).
There are also many technical, unsexy parts of the bill, like making sure your doctor has your most updated medical records.
Don’t fall for the usual “gotcha” bullcrap. It is getting tiresome and annoying. Newt has promised to repeal Obamacare post-haste. That he took the time to READ IT ALL and found some reforms worth reviewing AFTER its repeal speaks to his abilities.
It’s really easy to use the “repeal it all” soundbyte in an election season. It’s speaks better of a candidate to me that they can say, “let’s repeal the whole thing; but after doing that, let’s bring up for consideration the parts of the bill that were true reforms.”
Enough of the gotcha crap already.