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Myrick Signs Onto Alternative Health Care Plan: Calls on Speaker to Bring Bill to the Floor Opposite HR 3200 So That The American People Can Compare and Decide .

                (Washington, D.C.) – US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) has signed on as an original co-sponsor of HR 3713, the American Health Care Solutions Act.

 
This bill, drafted by Rep. Mike Rogers (MI-08), would lower the cost of health insurance and allow more Americans to buy quality coverage.
 
“Rep. Rogers’ bill addresses all of the issues I’ve been talking about for months – things that can truly make a difference within our health care system,” said Rep. Myrick. “The reforms in this bill are common sense changes that still allow patients and doctors to make decisions about medical care. The American people have the right to know what alternative plans are being proposed, and I call for the Speaker to bring both bills to the floor so that the American people have the opportunity to compare the plans and decide what’s best for them”.
 
Key provisions of the American Health Care Solutions Act include:
 
·         Preventing insurance companies from denying care based on pre-existing conditions or becoming sick
·         Expanding federal block grants for state high-risk pools that accept all patients
·         Creating association and small business health plans
·         Allowing families to purchase insurance across state lines
·         Enacting comprehensive medical liability reform
·         Expanding and improving health savings accounts
·         Allowing employers to offer discounts for healthy behaviour through wellness and prevention programs
·         Strengthening penalties for Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and expanding funding for federal anti-fraud monitoring
·         Establishing “transparency portals” in each state to provide families more information about health plans and providers
 
 
This bill, introduced on October 1, 2009, has been referred to several House committees, including the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, on which Rep. Myrick sits.

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