The health care compact bill (HB 1560) is coming up in the House Commerce Committee on March 6th at 2:00 PM in the LOB room 302.
Please contact the House Commerce Committee members and ask them for an “Ought to Pass” recommendation. Below is a short write up on the bill…
The Health Care Compact, if passed by the NH Legislature and signed by the Governor and then agreed to by the U.S. Congress will allow New Hampshire the opportunity to have a greater voice in Health Care. The Health Care Compact will allow New Hampshire to look at ways of providing better, more affordable Health Care free of unfunded federal mandates and reform the more than 2,600 pages of federal rules and regulations that drive up the health care costs, complicate coverage, and restrict innovative ideas from being implemented in New Hampshire.
The Health Care Compact Will:
· Allow New Hampshire to study and debate a Health Care Plan- that works best for Granite Stater’s and allows a greater voice for our citizens in any health care reform.
· Allow our state to propose reforms based on local factors and needs rather than a “One Size Fits All” solution from Washington D.C.
· Provide New Hampshire with the same amount of Their tax dollars to be spent based on our states needs without burdensome federal government directives and mandates that cost our state money.
· Unlike the PPACA “Obama Care” The Health Care Compact encourages a conversation among our citizens, health care providers, and the state government about Health Care reform that benefits Granite Staters
· Allows New Hampshire to pursue innovative ideas that will make health care financially sustainable, more accountable to our citizens, and that addresses health care reform at a state specific level rather than a “one size fits all” federal level.
The Health Care Compact Will NOT:
· The Health Care Compact will NOT affect any program that Granite Staters do not want affected and does not propose any cuts to services, or benefits to seniors or Medicaid recipients.
· There is absolutely No Language in the Health Care Compact (HB 1560) that requires or suggests any cuts or reduction in benefits or services to any health care program, including Medicare or Medicaid.
· New Hampshire does not assume any financial liability for Medicare and is not required to incur any costs by passing HB 1560
HB 1560, The Health Care Compact, simply joins New Hampshire with the four states that have already joined the compact (Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Georgia) and the 10 other states considering this legislation this year (Florida, South Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Alabama, Utah, Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee) to ask Congress for the authority and funding to make improvements to health care based on the needs and desires of Granite Staters.