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US Senator Richard Burr update
Story Date: 2/3/2014
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Source: US Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), 1/31/14
On Monday, I unveiled, along with Senators Coburn and Hatch The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, a legislative proposal that would repeal Obamacare and then replace it with common-sense, patient-centered reforms that reduce health care costs and increase access to affordable, high-quality care. Unlike Obamacare, which is centered around government mandates and regulations, the Patient CARE Act empowers the American people to make their own decisions about their health care needs, and includes adopting common-sense consumer protections and ensures that no one can be denied coverage based on their pre-existing health condition. As regular readers will know, Senator Coburn and I have been introducing market-oriented health care reform legislation since 2007.
Yesterday, the Center for Health and Economy released an economic analysis that found that The Patient CARE Act reduces healthcare costs, lowers premiums, and provides more Americans with health care coverage than Obamacare. The analysis also found that the proposal reduces the nation's debt. The analysis from Center for Health and Economy can be found here.
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