ICYMI: Our health care system is dysfunctional: Here’s how to make America healthy again

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) penned an op-ed in The Hill laying out a conservative vision for healthcare freedom as we enter 2025.

The full text of the op-ed is available at the link here; some key quotes are below:

• “American healthcare is getting more expensive but Americans aren’t getting healthier… Spending more money on government programs is not the solution. What we need is a fundamental paradigm shift toward healthcare freedom.”

• “We must end the crony capitalism ruining our healthcare system. We must be brave enough to overhaul the government bureaucrats at NIH, CDC, and the USDA – and to take on Big Insurance, Big Hospital, Big Pharma, Big Corporations, and Big Ag.”

• “Government-manufactured unhealthiness seems to be by design. Pharma companies, insurance companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and hospitals rarely make money off gym memberships and higher fruit and vegetable sales. By abandoning the focus on health, this makes the cost of everything in healthcare more expensive, and people are discouraged from seeking the care they need.”

• “Instead of allowing big corporations to dominate healthcare policy, we must empower Americans and reward them for making smarter healthcare decisions...”

• “Enough is enough. We must embrace two steps to healthcare freedom. First, we must break the grip of the cronyism that feeds us poisoned food and makes a quick buck off the “cure.” Then, we must free the system using DPC and HSAs – among other things –  to destroy the third-party paper pushers' power to deny us an affordable and personalized relationship with the healthcare provider of our choice.”

• “Get the government bureaucrat and corporate America out of the way of you and your farmer and you and your providers so that we can make America healthy again.”

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