St. Tammany News
By Erik Sanzenbach
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:48a.m.

“…Though Scalise said he wanted to talk to voters about any issue they were concerned about, most of the meeting was taken up with the proposed bills in Congress to change healthcare in America…

He said the current plan for a public option, that would have the government offer health insurance to people who can’t afford private policies would not foster competition at all, but drive companies out of business, and that would increase insurance premiums. Instead, HR3400 proposes to take down the barriers to other health insurance companies from working across state lines. That would bring in more companies to a state, increase competition and bring down insurance costs.

The other problem is skyrocketing healthcare, due to doctors’ fears of malpractice lawsuits. He proposes reforming the dollar amount of medical lawsuits. He claims that would save about $100 billion.

Finally, he said the legislation would give small businesses a chance to join a pool of businesses that would offer health insurance at affordable rates.”

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