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Stevens County Healthcare Resolution

WHEREAS, The health care system in this country is irrevocably broken, in part because it is only a “health care” system, not a “health” system.
WHEREAS, We don’t need universal health care mandated by federal edict or funded through ever-higher taxes. The U.S. spends more of its GDP on healthcare than any other developed nation.
WHEREAS, We do need to get serious abut preventive health care instead of spending more and more money to treat chronic disease, which currently takes up 80% of our health care costs, and yet is often avoidable.
WHEREAS, The private sector needs to be encouraged to seek innovative ways to bring down costs and improve the free market access to healthcare services.
WHEREAS, we can make health care more affordable by reforming medical liability; adopting electronic record keeping; making health insurance more portable from one job to another; expanding health savings accounts to everyone - not just those with high deductibles; and making health insurance tax deductible for individuals and families.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that healthcare needs to be a consumer based system not socialized medicine. Tax credits should be initiated to help low-income people purchase health insurance. Shift the health insurance system away from the employer and toward a consumer-driven model. The focus should be on prevention and health information technology to improve the cost and quality of the system.

Submitted by: by Josh Gronewold