Healthcare

Time for common sense reform

We all agree our present healthcare system is not working.  We all want to see reform, just not the reform embraced by our federal government. Fifteen years ago, our State had 20 different healthcare providers competing for our business.  Today, as a result of poor leadership, our State has just three healthcare providers who are price-fixed.  New Hampshire is known to have one of the healthiest populations in the Country, yet our healthcare costs are 4th highest.

Why is it we can purchase car insurance from a company in California, pay online, and if your car is damaged, it gets fixed and paid for by the insurance company?  We need to create reform that allows for buying across state lines and allows companies and communities to create their own buying groups.  We need equality in pricing for similar demographics. What a 55 year old woman pays in Arizona should be the same as the 55 year old woman in New Hampshire. We need health insurance companies to compete AGAINST each other to become competitive and drive down costs.

I do not believe that our Government should Mandate people buy coverage if they don’t want it, and more so, I don’t condone the government imposing fines on the people of our great state and country.