I support a health care system that is controlled by patients and their doctors, is driven by innovation and competition, and its advancement is based on cost and quality. Patient-physician controlled health care will be based on the needs of the patient, not the whims of elected officials. A competitive health care market creates a need for doctors, hospitals, and medical companies to develop better products and medicine, give better care, and lower prices in order to attract customers. I am confident that continuing to support small business health plans, health savings accounts, tax deductions for health insurance, and liability reform will help control the spiraling costs of our health care system.
Congressman Kaptur supports a big government solution to the rising cost of health care. These systems divert money to Washington, allowing bureaucrats to raid it prior to putting it back into the health care system. These systems significantly raise taxes and undermine the quality of care. Congressman Kaptur’s support of a national health care system will eliminate competition in the health care market, causing costs to rise, quality to fall, and the development of new life-saving drugs to end. Her support of a national health care system will pack us into crowded waiting rooms waiting to be seen by an overworked staff, and will only provide us with the care that the budget allows for.
Since 2001, Congressman Kaptur:
● voted to cut seniors' Medicare, create a new tax on private health insurance, and open the door to taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants (Roll No. 787, 2007)
● voted against allowing small businesses to pool their resources and increase their buying power with health insurers, denying employees affordable health insurance. (Vote 426, 7/26/05)
● voted against funding the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes for Health, Community Health Centers and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. (Vote 321, 6/24/05) (Vote 628, 12/14/05)
● voted against the creation of two tax-free medical savings accounts to cover health care expenses including prescription drugs. (Vote 328, 6/26/03)
● voted against the Patients’ Bill of Rights. (Vote 332, 8/2/01)