If Conservatives Oppose Obamacare, What Do They Support?

Yes, conservatives have a vision for healthcare. And it's far better than the status quo.

by Rod D. Martin
April 2, 2012

Someone asked: if conservatives are against Obamacare, what are they for? And how do we take care of the truly poor in a market-based system?

1. Recognize that the current (pre-Obamacare) system is almost as socialist as Obamacare.

2. Tear down the system of government price controls which, in the first year after implementation, tripled the price of nearly every medical procedure in America (and has continued upward ever since).

3. Get rid of insane corporate welfare schemes such as the one which makes Blue Cross the ONLY insurer in Alabama. Without real competition prices cannot fall; with a thousand insurers in the game, they'll fall like rocks.

4. Strengthen the Health Savings Account law, which (1) makes it extremely easy for individuals and small businesses to have high quality health coverage, while (2) forcing medical providers to compete on price (something which is currently impossible, since the complex system of co-pays and co-insurance and so fort…