Jeb Bush (Health Policy)
Bush's Health Policy (section page)
Repeal and Replace Obamacare
Jeb bush wants to repeal Obamacare and says that it was "a failure from the start"(JBS-A), and take away health control power from the federal government and give it to the states. He believes that states should have the freedom and responsibility to tailor their health care plans to their state and make insurance markets more competitive. He also does not agree with all the mandates that come along with the Affordable Care Act, and hopes to put people in a position "where their empowered to make more decisions for themselves"(JBS-A).
Encourage Inovation
Bush wants to modernize the Food and Drug Administration, as well as make "medical record keeping more efficient sharable and secure".(JBS-A) He claims that the current health care is over regulated, adding higher costs and complexity to the system.(JBW-HC)
Bush's Plan
- Provide a tax credit for those without employer coverage (JBS-A)
- Make it easier for small businesses to provide coverage for their employees with tax deductions. (JBS-A)
- Have transparent information for people to make decisions for themselves (JBS-A)
- Open up the insurance market place and "break down the insurance monopolies and let people by health insurance designed for what they actually want".(JBS-A)
On Abortion
" I'm the most pro-life governor on this stage. Life is a gift from God. And from beginning end we need to respect it and err on the side of life. And so I defunded Planned Parenthood. And I would bring that philosophy to Washington."(OTI-A)
