Jay Wolfe on Health Care

2002 Republican Challenger (WV)

FairTax would correct Medicare Rx funding problems

Q: Do you support Medicare Means Testing, where higher income seniors will have to pay more for their doctors' services? And do you support the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit?

A: The Fair Tax would correct this funding problem.

Source: Senior Citizens League Guide to the 2008 US Senate Campaigns Oct 10, 2008

Let market forces drive down the cost of medicine

The only answer [to healthcare crises] is to empower people with the ownership of their health. The way to do this is to encourage people to purchase health insurance that pays catastrophic health expenses only and puts the first dollar responsibilities in the hands of people who are the end users of the product. This would create the market forces to drive down the cost of medicine. This can be accomplished with the purchase of high deductible health insurance and obtaining a Health Savings Account. Source: Campaign website, www.jaywolfe2008.com, "Issues" Jun 3, 2008

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