Bob Onder: “Recent polls show that the top issue on the minds of Americans today is that of affordability. Whether food, education…”

“Recent polls show that the top issue on the minds of Americans today is that of affordability. Whether food, education, childcare, energy, or healthcare, rising prices are resulting in more and more Americans feeling less secure about their economic well-being. Indeed, prices have been going up. Under President Biden, inflation hit 9 percent in June 2022. Cumulatively over the Biden Presidency, inflation is up 21.2 percent. Things have improved since President Trump and Republicans assumed office in January. Energy prices are down by 6.3 percent. Inflation is moderated, but with the exception of energy, we have not had deflation. Prices are higher than we would like them to be. Nowhere is the issue of affordability more acute than in healthcare. We must address America's healthcare affordability crisis. As a physician, I will tell you, though, the first step in solving any medical problem is getting the correct diagnosis. If you do not know what the problem is, you will not formulate the right treatment. You may make the patient worse. That is what has been going on. What is the problem, then? Our problem is that Big Government's anti-free market, anticompetitive, and anti-consumer policies have made our healthcare system more and more expensive by the year. This has been a problem for a long time, but it was made much worse after the passage of ObamaCare in 2010.”