David Weldon: “I have seen firsthand the consequences of people not having health insurance and how they will often let minor illnesses…”

“I have seen firsthand the consequences of people not having health insurance and how they will often let minor illnesses go for extended periods of time until they become a serious complication and ultimately lead to greater costs than what they would have been otherwise. I have also seen the consequences of people being excluded from health insurance because of a preexisting medical illness and the consequences of job lock that that can sometimes cause. I honestly looked on with horror and amazement when the Clinton administration put forward their health care plan, which essentially constituted a major power grab of the Federal Government of a huge sector of our economy, a Federal Government that does not have a track record of running things efficiently or better. I felt so strongly that it was possible to introduce reforms that would go a long way to deal with the problems of the high cost of health insurance and the problems of lack of portability of coverage as well as the problem of preexisting illness exclusion.”