Issue Position: Affordable Care Act & Health Exchanges

Issue Position

I believe this to be the single biggest hurdle to Idaho families pursuing their American Dream. I stand on the idea of less federal oversight, control and bureaucracy in our health care system. A federally controlled state health care exchange is not the appropriate means to provide the residents of Idaho with a fiscally responsible free-market system to assist them in covering their health care costs.

When your north Idaho representatives voted in favor of the Idaho State exchanges, Idaho was linked into the federal data hub which is destined to become the most serious threat to Idaho families' privacy and pocket books. I will actively work to repeal the Idaho State Exchanges and to defund the Affordable Care Act. Neither the federal government nor the State of Idaho should govern by intentions, but by what is lawful and constitutional. Our Constitution provides for self- governance, including our ability to make individual choices about our health care needs without federal government intervention and control. Opening competition between states and allowing personal health savings accounts would lower individual costs and reduce overall healthcare costs. While our current healthcare system may need reform, I believe that federal involvement is not the answer.

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