Personal Medical Savings Accounts & free-market alternatives
I have read and I am against the current Healthcare reform act. Just 50 years ago low-cost health insurance was obtainable by almost every family. Doctors still made house calls, hospitals were dramatically less expensive and charity hospitals were
available for those who could not afford to pay for care. To ease our current healthcare costs I would work toward the following:
Personal Medical Savings Accounts: Allowing tax-free deposits into a personal Medical Savings Account.
For those people who fail to be able to save money into a MSA, health care expenses should be 100% tax-deductible.
Healthcare deregulation: Repeal
Federal government policies that increase healthcare costs and decreases availability to services.
Removing barriers to safe and affordable medicine and treatments: Replace government agencies with free-market alternatives.
Source: Campaign website, joekennedyforsenate.com, "Issues"
Dec 25, 2009
