Spartz: Affordability Subcommittee Releases Solutions to Improve Health Care Value

Statement

Today the Affordability Subcommittee of the Healthy Future Task Force -- consisting of Rep. Victoria Spartz (IN-05), Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01), and Rep. Rick Allen (GA-12) - announced the Task Force's solutions to make health care more accessible and affordable.

In an op-ed for the Daily Signal, the Affordability Subcommittee members released proposals to lower the costs of health insurance and medical care by increasing competition, transparency and choices. The Affordability Subcommittee also hosted a roundtable with small business owners to discuss how the policy solutions would improve small business owners' ability to offer high-quality health benefits at lower costs for employees.

Recap of the Affordability Subcommittee Roundtable

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Healthy Future Task Force Affordability Subcommittee members held a roundtable with small business owners, who are members of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on June 15, 2022. You can watch the full roundtable discussion HERE.

"Improving health care value is a national security issue" said Congresswoman Spartz. "I appreciate the work of my colleagues to develop real policy solutions and deliver results on this important issue for all Americans."

"Our subcommittee is proud to present this plan to make health care more affordable by improving health care options for workers and small business owners, improving innovation and transparency, and lowering costs by increasing competition," said Rep. Kevin Hern, Chairman of the Affordability Subcommittee.

"When health care decisions are made by bureaucrats in Washington, the result is a top-down, one-size-fits-all system that never works," said Congressman Rick Allen. "We want all Americans to have a high-quality, affordable, and personalized approach to their health. To do that, we must remove the barriers that prevent employers from banding together to help their workers get the most out of their benefits."

Overview of solutions:

Improve workers' ability to control and afford their health care, and improve small business owners' ability to provide health insurance at a low cost and high value for employees
Promote innovation and transparency to empower patients and to provide more affordable options
Lower costs and increase choices by fostering competition and targeting incentives that drive consolidation and limit competition
Click HERE for a more detailed one pager.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy created the 17-member Healthy Future Task Force to develop solutions to modernize the American health care system to lower costs, keep Americans healthy, develop better therapies and cures, and provide Americans with more choices. The Affordability Subcommittee is one of five subcommittees part of the Healthy Future Task Force, which also includes the Treatment Subcommittee, Security Subcommittee, Modernization Subcommittee, and Doctor/Patient Relationship Subcommittee.

Click HERE to view the Modernization Subcommittee solutions.

Click HERE to view the Treatment Subcommittee solutions.

Click HERE to view the Security Subcommittee solutions.

Click HERE to view the Doctor-Patient Relationship solutions.

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