Patient-Centered Healthcare Solution

Expanding access to quality care without expanding government assistance

The Patient-Centered Care Act (SB 459) would create a free market alternative to the Medicaid Expansion proposals currently under consideration. The legislation creates the regulatory infrastructure that enables a low cost, high quality care, free market environment within the confines of the ACA. The conversion of current Medicaid enrollees to low cost, high quality Qualified Health Plans featuring direct primary care services and high deductible health plans will be addressed in a subsequent bill.

A patient-centered healthcare solution would:

Expand access to quality care without expanding government assistance Return healthcare decision-making to doctors and patients Promote the return of insurance to risk management not benefit management Limit government control of health plans to definition of minimum essential benefits Protect patient health information from government Significantly reduce the costs for quality care yielding savings for taxpayers and a boost to our economy

SENATOR PATRICK COLBECK * www.SenatorPatrickColbeck.com * Facebook: facebook.com/senatorpatrickcolbeck