Ryan Zinke on Health Care

	Ryan Zinke on Health Care

Caps on medical malpractice; no government health insurance

Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
Legalize physician assisted suicide in Montana.
Zinke adds, "I support providing financial incentives to maintain affordable private health insurance through caps on medical malpractice and through group rates. I do not believe the government can provide health insurance better than the market."

Source: Montana Congressional 2008 Political Courage Test , Nov 1, 2008

ObamaCare is reckless; replace with cross-state pools& HSAs

ObamaCare as written is reckless and will lead to higher costs with less medical care. We can do better, particularly for the aging population in Montana, who are on fixed incomes and are certain to face higher premiums and no coverage at all for many conditions. Health care must be affordable but not free, innovative by design, and be focused on giving the medical professionals the freedom and latitude to provide quality care rather than having Washington telling us how to be a doctor, nurse, or provider. Innovative solutions such as expanding health care pools, allowing those pools to form across state lines, promoting Health Savings Accounts and passing meaningful tort reform will go a long way to lowering health care costs. Source: 2014 Montana House campaign website, RyanZinke.com , Nov 4, 2014

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