On the recordMarch 1, 2011
I think we've come to the point now where we do need to discuss that ObamaCare is not the answer. We have all discussed this over and over again. I would say that it's probably a good reason that I was elected because I ran on repealing it--that and cutting taxes and cutting spending. And it all ties in together. Those of us who are in health care have been aware of the need for reform for quite some time. I think any of us can say that we've seen the costs increase. We've seen the cost of health care insurance increase. And yet we've all felt that our hands were tied. We didn't know how to address it. The bureaucratic system, as my colleagues have pointed out, just dealing with billing and trying to get the care for patients alone can just take over your office. We have seen these things. We know there are problems that exist, but we all agree that it needs to be a patient-centered, doctor-nurse-patient relationship that we have to be putting forward. And it has to be in the private sector. There are ways to do this. There is a role for government in it, especially when we are talking about Medicare, Medicaid, and those who are unfortunate. We want everyone to have health care. But there are ways we can address it. It is not a health care crisis; it is a crisis of culture. We have to change the culture that we are dealing with. We want everyone to have affordable health care, and there are simple solutions we can put in place to do that.
