Healthcare

It is disgraceful that 47 million people in this country have no health insurance. Through a combination of private and public services, we must guarantee that every single American citizen has access to quality, affordable care, while not forgoing the benefits of private research. Our district is poised to play a key role in this national discussion.

Healthcare is one issue where a purely free-market system will not produce the best result. It may give insurance companies a greater profit in the short-term, but a healthy workforce is a smarter and more productive workforce, and over the long-term, this is far more beneficial to all of our industries. There are many people in this country that private insures have deemed to be unprofitable to cover. These millions of people still deserve care.

On the other hand, we must not eliminate the private sector of healthcare. The competitiveness, financial incentive, and inventive spirit in private healthcare and research have led to some of the most important advances in medical technology and medicine. To borrow from a great writer, if the federal government had directed medical research during the polio epidemic, we would have the greatest iron lung in the world, but no polio vaccine.

We must work hard to find a solution which provides health insurance for all Americans, while holding on to the creativity and inventive spirit that has put the U.S. at the forefront of medical research. Our district is in a position to be of great influence on this issue. Omaha is home to some of the nation’s most influential insurance companies, and also the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Leaders from the insurance, medical, and pharmaceutical fields must work together with Congress to find the best solutions.

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