Employers would offer portable health insurance plans employees can keep when they change jobs (you get the $5,000 even when you are unemployed). Individuals who work for companies not offering healt plans can shop for their own insurance. States could partner with the federal government to ensure high-risk individuals have access to affordable insurance.
This plan includes a provision originally authored by Rep. John Shadegg (another guy with brains and courage) that would allow individuals to buy health insurance from any state in the country. Currently individuals can only buy plans certified in their state. This limits competition and increases prices.
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The above quotations are from Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism, by Sen. Jim DeMint. Click here for other excerpts from Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism, by Sen. Jim DeMint. Click here for other excerpts by John Shadegg. Click here for a profile of John Shadegg.
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