A DOCTOR'S VIEW ON HEALTH CARE

FLEMING HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE

Health Care Reform = $2,100 in higher insurance premiums

The President and Majority Leaders have condemned private insurance companies for raising insurance premiums, yet Congress is proposing to raise your insurance premiums with the current health care reform bill. 

According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), under the Senate version of Health Care Reform being negotiated, private health insurance premiums in the individual market would rise by as much as $2,100.  

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: With unemployment at nearly 10 percent and 36,000 jobs lost last month, many families in Louisiana and across our great country find themselves facing financial uncertainty. Americans need jobs and lower costs, not an increase in their health insurance premiums. 

THE DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS: As a practicing physician for over 30 years, I have experienced first-hand the tragic effects of our broken health care system. Working to improve this system is one of the primary reasons I came to Washington. Tragically, the type of health care reform currently being moved through Congress is not the answer. The American people deserve more than increased premiums, tax hikes and government bureaucracy in the middle of the doctor-patient relationship.

As this process unfolds, I will continue to work to represent you by advocating for common-sense, and working to defeat government-administered health care and crushing taxes in the Majority’s legislation, continue to advance Republican health care reforms, estimated by CBO to lower your insurance premiums by up to 10 percent.
Sincerely,


JOHN FLEMING, M.D.
Member of Congress