Representative McHenry has recently, courtesy of our state legislature, become my representative. Since his fellow Republicans in the NC General Assembly has decided to shanghai a part of the city of Asheville into his district then he is going to have to deal with all of us. So Mr. McHenry here we go.
The following statement is copied directly from his congressional website and I will openly address each of them from my perspective.
ON HEALTHCARE:
"Congressman McHenry believes that every American should have access to quality and affordable healthcare. However, a government-rationed healthcare system is not the answer. Healthcare decisions should be made by patients and their doctors, not government bureaucrats."
My Questions:
Representative McHenry, are you against rationed healthcare or only government-rationed healthcare?
Representative McHenry, do you actually believe that doctors can do anything they feel is appropriate with their patients?
Representative McHenry, since you believe that patients and doctors should make all medical decisions are you prepared to introduce legislation requiring insurance companies to cover all procedures that a doctor states is required for the care of his patient in all policies?
Representative McHenry, since you believe that government rationed healthcare is not appropriate then would you support a single payer system of universal healthcare if the insurance companies could bid on being the provider of that plan on a competitive basis every 5 years?
Here is what I am looking for from my healthcare system. I have Autistic Children(Please do not jump me about the lack of person first PC language before you google Jim Sinclair "Why I Dislike Person First Language"). My children require numerous services to accomplish what other people's kids take for granted. I expect to get those services without an act of congress or a miracle from God. I could get them if I was in France. I could get them if I was in the UK. I could get them if I was in Canada. I expect to get them here. You see the internet lets me actually communicate with people living in the UK and people living in Canada and people living in France. So I know from real people living in those countries with kids just like mine exactly what they are getting in services for their kids. I want the same.
My position:
1. I want a universal single payer healthcare system with no limitations on the type of service provided so long as it is classified by the majority of the medical community as "best practices" for the illness or condition being treated.
2. I want coverage for experimental treatments covered at 50% until a minimum of 100 cases that represent a cross section comparable to the general population of the country has been shown to respond positively based on case studies only. This assumes that the treatments have been approved by the FDA as an experimental treatment based on positive outcomes from clinical trials. At the time this cross section is reached the experimental treatments should be elevated to a 75% payment until the number reaches 1000 and then it should be elevated to 100% coverage.
3. I want investment income counted as income for the purpose of paying into the national healthcare plan.
4. I want all earned income counted for the purpose of paying into the national healthcare plan.
5. I want a single payer plan that will reduce the amount of money care providers have to spend on overhead to process multiple healthcare plans.
6. I want premiums and co-pays to be on a sliding scale. The more you make the more you pay.
7. I do not care if a single insurance company runs the universal healthcare that is designed and mandated by the people or if the government does it. I do believe that it has to be done so lets stop debating the fact that we need a universal healthcare system and start figuring out how to make one happen.
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