Jack Kingston: “Well, I think that the best way to answer that is to describe the duties of the National Health Care Board. The National…”

“Well, I think that the best way to answer that is to describe the duties of the National Health Care Board. The National Health Care Board would be appointed by the President. Basically, they would run health care in the United States. Included in their powers would be the right to set standards for doctors and health care providers, the right to prohibit health care providers from performing certain procedures not deemed necessary, the power to write, develop, and approve language for insurance policies. They would have cost-containment authority. They would gather information and evaluate it. They would control costs. They would set community rates. They would have oversight on drug prices. They would have the power to set health care budgets in the form of insurance premium caps.”