The President addressed Congress and the nation in an effort to sell his health care reform plan.  He laid out only a few details of his 10-year, $900 billion plan to re-shape America’s health care system.  He made the “public” option one of the main centerpieces of his speech but gave very little information on how individuals and businesses, especially small businesses, would be impacted.  Maybe that is because we all know the answer – higher taxes and more mandates.

In his speech the President welcomed ideas from all sides of the debate.  Well here are a few:

• Support health care portability so that people can carry their insurance from job to job or have access to insurance when they are between jobs.  Allow small businesses to purchase individually owned health insurance with pretax dollars;
• Oppose the bill developed by the House of Representatives that would increase taxes on our small businesses to pay for health care and impose a stiff penalty on those who don’t offer health care to their employees; 
• Oppose the Senate’s attempts to place new restrictions on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). 
• Support allowing businesses to cross state lines to purchase health care for their employees which will increase access and make health care more affordable.

It is going to take more than just a good speech to produce health care reform legislation that preserves consumer choice and access to quality, affordable health care.  Congress and the President need to re-think their approach and produce free market alternatives. 

One Response to “President Obama did what he does best last night – give a good speech”

1. ouxly Says:
   September 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

   Bring all manufacturing back to the USA. People will have jobs. Higher tax penalties (instead of reductions) for companies that farm out their labor to other countries.

   Illegal aliens deserve nothing from us and should get nothing. If they want to be citizens prove it! Learn English and serve 4 years in the military first.

   Democracy has left the building. The citizen’s no longer have much voice in what bills are passed. W e vote for congressmen who say they will do one thing and then do what the big corporations want. Politicians need to be on probation. They are overpaid as well and get a pension for doing what makes them more money than they are worth. For the people, by the people is hogwash.

   Politicians should be voted in for a 1 year term at a basic salary. They must prove to the people their worth for another term. Then they get a reasonable pay increase and after 20 years get a pension like the rest of us.

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