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Dan Roach
believes that consumers should be in charge of their health care,
not government. Dan supports a consumer-driven system that
provides more choices, higher quality services, and more affordable
health insurance.
By giving consumers and businesses more options, reducing government
bureaucracy, and supporting legislation that offers true reforms
rather than government-controlled health care, the price of health
insurance will become more affordable in the private marketplace.
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Helping
small businesses afford health insurance for employees
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Increasing access to affordable health insurance for small
businesses is a top health care priority for Dan Roach.
That's why Dan co-sponsored
House Bill 1676, a
measure that would have created health plan choices that small
employers could really afford.
Reducing
the cost of health insurance
- Government mandates in the health
insurance market drive up the cost of health insurance by as much
as 50 percent. Washington state has 49 mandates, more than Idaho
and Oregon combined. To protect against further increases
and seek out ways to reduce costs, Dan Roach co-sponsored
House Bill 1685 which sought to implement a mandate
freeze and provide a cost-benefit study of existing health
insurance mandates.
Health
savings accounts
- Health savings accounts provide a way for
people to save for their medical expenses tax-free. In an effort
to provide this option for state employees, Dan Roach
co-sponsored
House Bill 2557. The measure
was revised into
House Bill 1383, which
was signed into law, and provides HSA options for state employees.
Keeping doctors in Washington
through medical malpractice reforms
- The skyrocketing price of medical
malpractice insurance is not only affecting the cost of health
care, it has also resulted in doctors reducing services or closing
their offices altogether. To address this growing problem, Dan
Roach co-sponsored
House Bill 2295, a
major medical malpractice reform measure that sought to prevent
frivolous lawsuits, provide for early settlement, and limit awards
to non-economic damages. Later, Dan supported a
compromise agreement (House
Bill 2292) between doctors and trial attorneys that
provides for medical safety, insurance regulation and civil
liability, including voluntary arbitration.
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