Health Care


Congressman Knollenberg meets with doctors at Botsford Hosptial in Farmington.

The rising cost of health care is squeezing Oakland County’s families in ways they simply cannot afford.  We must get control of the cost of health care so more families will be able to afford it and more businesses will be able to provide it to their employees.  

My 5-point PRICE plan for health care reform will dramatically lower the price and increase the number of families covered.  It includes:

P – Pooling small businesses together so they have more power to negotiate and lower their costs
R – Responsibility and wellness, helping keep people healthier so they live longer and are less likely to suffer from preventable diseases
I – Information technology, bringing health care into the technological age.
C – Consumer choice, making individuals, not insurance companies or the government, in charge of their care
E – Eliminating junk lawsuits that add $100 billion to the cost of health care and keep good doctors from being able to practice medicine

Specifically, my PRICE plan:

Allows small business to pool together to purchase health insurance at lower rates; provides tax incentives to companies that offer wellness programs and tax incentives for employees that participate in them; supports advancement in information technology to improve patient care and reduce medical errors; supports consumer choice by expanding options available to individuals to purchase their own health insurance (and keep it if they change jobs) and tax incentives to help individuals pay for health care; and the elimination of junk lawsuits and trial lawyer greed that run up health care costs and prevent doctors from providing care.

Enacting all of these reforms will significantly bring down the cost of health care, allowing more businesses to provide health care and more families to get health care.

Getting all Americans the health care coverage they need is an important American priority, and it’s important for Oakland County’s families.  The key to doing that is to lower the cost of health care, and that’s exactly what my plan will do.

Related Documents:

Article - Knollenberg Votes to Extend Children’s Health Care 12.19.2007

Article - Congressman Knollenberg Talks About the Big Three Issues Facing Michigan 9.20.2007

Article - Old Detroit Can be New Again 9.5.2007

Opinion Pieces - Knollenberg Outlines Health Care Ideas in Oakland Press Op-Ed 8.12.2007

Speeches and Floor Statements - Knollenberg Addresses OCC Students on Importance of Math and Science to the New Michigan Economy 8.6.2007


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Related Files:

WellnessOp-Ed.pdf

DailyTribune

Crains.pdf