GOP DOCTORS' CAUCUS

 
  • Challenging Obamacare: The first step to enacting meaningful reform is to repeal Obamacare, a law which ensures the government takeover of our healthcare system. Read More
  • Creation of High Risk Pools: The recent health care bill signed into law favors enacting high risk pools – but only temporarily as it would be set to expire in 2014 under the Senate bill. Read More
  • Evidence-Based Medicine: A February 2008 report by the New England Healthcare Institute found that in a $2.4 trillion healthcare system, nearly $800 billion is wasted or misused. Read More
  • Health IT: Health insurance reform should not stifle innovation or advancements in the medical field. Read More
  • Medical Liability Reform: Our nation’s doctors need to be protected. The GOP solutions would help end frivolous and expensive lawsuits that end up costing many physicians nationwide their careers. Read More
  • Medicare and Medicaid Reform: Medicare and Medicaid have not seen any major reforms since coming into existence in 1965. Read More
  • Purchasing Health Insurance Across State Lines: Currently, health insurance shopping is limited to within a state’s boundaries, while there are sizeable cost disparities between states. Read More
  • Quality Transparency: There must be transparency required for identifiable problems such as hospital-acquired infections — a $50 billion a year cost to our healthcare system. Read More
  • SGR/Medicare Physician Payment Fix: Medicare is the largest health program run by the government, and it is currently in serious trouble. Read More