I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges. – Fred Upton
Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate they didnt want to change the health care they had they didnt want a 3,000-page bill that empowered 15 Washington bureaucrats to decide the future of the doctor-patient relationship. – Fred Upton
Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid Washington knows best answers. – Fred Upton
Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesnt include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. – Fred Upton