Changes

"Obamacare has damaged the American health care system. Premiums have skyrocketed across the nation while people are receiving worse health care. [Carson plans] on repealing and replacing Obamacare with Health Empowerment Accounts (HEAs) that give people...control of where, how and with whom they wish to spend their health care dollars. HEAs will help to lower premiums and ensure that Americans can choose the health care providers they actually want to ensure improved health outcomes. Alongside HEAs, Americans will also have access to high deductible, catastrophic insurance that will cover regular doctor visits, as well as more challenging health circumstances." [https://www.bencarson.com/issues/health-care (BCWHC)]

Ben Carson's HEA healthcare plan would include (BCWHC):

*Transferable between family members[https://www.bencarson.com/issues/health-care (BCWHC)]*Give Medicare beneficiaries a fixed contribution to purchase the health insurance of their preference[https://www.bencarson.com/issues/health-care (BCWHC)]*Increase the eligibility age for Medicare by 2 months each year until it reaches age 70[https://www.bencarson.com/issues/health-care (BCWHC)]*Give Medicaid beneficiaries Health Empowerment Accounts (HEA) to provide first-dollar coverage, supplemented by a major medical insurance plan of the patient’s choice[https://www.bencarson.com/issues/health-care (BCWHC)]*Fix Medicaid by providing fixed-dollar support to the states, which must use the funds for premium payments and HEAs for beneficiaries[https://www.bencarson.com/issues/health-care (BCWHC)]