John Doolittle: “achieving Government mandated health coverage such as advocated by President Clinton and others will require a…”

“achieving Government mandated health coverage such as advocated by President Clinton and others will require a Government intrusion into the lives of both employers and individuals. Implementing such a mandate will require the Government to make insurance affordable by rationing health care and imposing price controls. Price controls will lead to higher taxes, bigger deficits, and health care rationing. Employer mandates and mandatory health alliances will have a significantly negative impact on jobs and on the character and quality of our health care. We should focus our effort instead on reforming the current system rather than creating a new Government bureaucracy. Our goal, as policymakers, ought not to be to mandate insurance coverage for everyone, rather it ought to be to make sure that all Americans are guaranteed access to health insurance, making that access as easy and consumer friendly as possible within our means.”