Message Points:

ARdocsCare has concerns about current House and Senate health care reform bills:

ARdocsCare supports health care reform that will improve access to care, cover the uninsured, empower doctors not bureaucrats to make medical decisions and lower costs.

ARdocsCare believes a government run insurance plan based on Medicare rates will have a detrimental effect on patient access to care.

Ultimately, a public health insurance plan will lead to a single-payer, government run healthcare system, which will lead to inferior health care delivery.

Due to their high price tag, the public health plans being discussed are unsustainable.

Under a public health insurance plan, the government is empowered to implement rules that would restrict patients’ choice of physician and limit timely access to quality specialty care.

Some of the bills inappropriately expand the government’s involvement in determining the quality of medical care.

ARdocsCare is concerned that proposed health care reforms bills will limit practice area freedom of choice for young doctors in training.

Many of the bills permit the government to arbitrarily reduce reimbursement for valuable, life-saving specialty care for elderly patients, threatening treatment options.

Patient-centered healthcare is threatened by provisions related to comparative effectiveness research, changes to office-based imaging rules and curtailing the development of physician-owned specialty hospitals.

Some of the bills may stifle medical innovation.