Bridgewater for Senate - Issues

 

The Four Bills Congress Should Pass


Congress should scrap the massive, 2,000-page comprehensive health care bill and instead pass four bills that return power back to the States:


Bill 1: Creating real competition & choice in the insurance market

  1. •Advanceable and refundable tax credit to low-income individuals and families to purchase private insurance

  2. •Nationwide market for insurance purchasing

  3. •Small business health plans with large pool discounts

  4. •State flexibility to expand coverage

  5. •Expand incentives for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

  6. •Portability of insurance coverage


Bill 2: Litigation reform

  1. •Create protections for physicians who use nationally recognized and adopted best practices, protocols and standards of care

  2. •Allow states to create specialized health courts

  3. •Develop qualifications or standards for physicians who serve as expert witnesses

  4. •Allow physicians to say “I’m sorry” without it being used against them as evidence of implication

  5. •Create a cap for non-economic (pain and suffering) damages


Bill 3: Return Medicare and Medicaid back to the States

  1. •Cut waste and lower administrative costs through electronic claims processing and payment

  2. •Stiffer penalties for Medicare fraud

  3. •Expand Medicare Centers of Excellence through shared savings with beneficiaries

  4. •Tax credits for charity care to bolster free healthcare clinics & hospitals


Bill 4: Investing in science & innovation

  1. •Science based investment budgeting

  2. •Reform the FDA drug review process to speed and encourage innovation

“America and the Republican Party are at a critical transition point in our collective history.  Join me in standing up for limiting the growth and power of government, and in protecting the traditional values and principles that have made our party and our country great. 


We need a change in leadership and a vision for the future to keep our country strong, our military sound, our economy unfettered by government intrusion and our families free to pursue happiness and prosperity.”

-Tim Bridgewater

Candidate, United States Senate

Socially conservative. fiscally conservative.

right to the point.

  1. ★Limited Government

  2. ★Personal Responsibility

  3. ★Traditional Family Values

  4. ★Energy Independence

  5. ★States’ Rights  

  1. ★Multiple Use of the Public Lands

  2. ★Protect Life of the Unborn

  3. ★Protection of Private Property Rights

  4. ★Free and Fair International Trade

  5. ★Controlling Our Borders

  1. ★Free Markets

  2. ★Cut Spending

  3. ★Healthcare Reform

  4. ★Choice in Education

  5. ★Defend the Constitution

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