{"id":3610,"date":"2011-01-20T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3610"},"modified":"2011-01-21T12:11:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T17:11:48","slug":"gibson-repealing-health-care-reform-an-important-first-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/01\/20\/gibson-repealing-health-care-reform-an-important-first-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Gibson:  Repealing health care reform an important first step"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>20th district Rep. Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) says voting yesterday to repeal the Democratic health care law will lead eventually to a better and more affordable version of reform.\u00a0 This from a release issued by his office:<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;By  voting to repeal the health care legislation passed last year, we\u2019re  one step closer to enacting health care reform that increases access to  quality and affordable care in a way that does not result in a massive government takeover,  harm small businesses, or step on our freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My  focus today was ensuring that I represent my district in Upstate New  York.\u00a0 Time and time again, I have heard from constituents that we need  health care reform, but that this bill was not the answer.\u00a0 With health care costs  continuing to rise at several times the rate of inflation, we simply  must drive down costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet,  the bill passed last year would result in higher costs, higher  premiums, and higher taxes, all while creating more burdensome  regulations for health care providers and small businesses and expanding government.\u00a0 Changes to the Medicaid  program will put an additional and untenable burden on states already  facing difficult financial challenges.\u00a0 \u00a0New taxes and regulations will  hurt our small businesses, including the medical device industry, a sector of the economy where our region leads the  country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However,  just as important as the vote today to repeal this health care bill is  the process to replace it.\u00a0 That process begins tomorrow.\u00a0 H.Res. 9  instructs four committees to begin work on replacement legislation, a process which  needs to be undertaken with care and deliberation and respects the  committee system and rules of the House. <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, I believe the fate  of this repeal effort will hinge on the content and quality of the replacement bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m  confident our replacement bill will include insurance reform for wider  access to options and choices, medical liability reform, coverage for  preexisting conditions and an assurance that coverage can\u2019t be dropped when you get sick.\u00a0 I  believe that when the American people see this replacement bill, which  will be a patient-centered solution, and evaluate it against the  government expansion bill, they will choose the replacement legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s  time to start over.\u00a0 I look forward to beginning a civil discourse with  my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to pass the health care  reform that Americans want and need.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th district Rep. Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) says voting yesterday to repeal the Democratic health care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4803,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3611,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610\/revisions\/3611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}