Mike Enzi: “Rising health care costs and access to affordable health insurance are among the biggest worries Americans face today.…”

“Rising health care costs and access to affordable health insurance are among the biggest worries Americans face today. Health care costs are increasing faster than any other basic service in American society. Today, 44 million Americans lack health insurance at any given point during the year, and between 20 to 30 million of them are chronically uninsured. My Republican colleagues and I will soon be introducing one of our priority bills for the coming Congress. This legislation, the Healthy America Act of 2005, will bring together an aggressive and innovative set of health care solutions. These solutions build on the already impressive health care record of the last Congress--principally delivering Medicare prescription drug coverage to seniors and making tax-free health savings accounts available to all Americans. Our bill will include many of President Bush's health care reform priorities, as well as the proposals developed last year by the Senate Republican Task Force on Health Care Costs and the Uninsured, of which I was proud to be a member. At the heart of this legislation are measures aimed at restraining health care costs, increasing access to care, and improving health care quality.”