Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute.
The following is an open letter from 68 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter.
Democrats in Congress have proposed a COVID-19 relief bill that includes provisions to dramatically increase government subsidies for health care coverage for millions of people who already have insurance while further expanding government control over health care.
The legislation would increase for more than two years government payments to insurance companies via the Affordable Care Act by:
Removing even the de minimis premium payments required of people earning less than 150% of the federal poverty level.
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Delivered December 10, 2020
Marie Fishpaw: Thank you for joining us on Heritage Events Live to discuss “Rapid COVID Tests: A Cure for Lockdowns, a Complement to Vaccines.”
Our panel: Dr. Paul Romer, Nobel prize winner, entrepreneur, and professor at New York University; Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and immunologist who teaches and practices medicine at Harvard; and Doug Badger, a scholar at Heritage with over three decades of developing health care policy at the highest levels of our nation’s government.
For months, our nation’s response to COVID has largely followed an approach of “avoid people, wear a mask if you can’t avoid people, and wait for a vaccine.” A vaccine remains months away from being accessible to everyone.
HERITAGE IMPACT
December 4th, 2020 Heritage s Health Care Choices 20/20 policy proposals have received widespread acclaim.
The Heritage Foundation’s innovative health care plan is receiving praise from several high-profile individuals and media outlets.
Health Care Choices 20/20, a set of policy suggestions by dozens of health care experts and leaders to improve the American health care system, has been touted as an ideal conservative solution.
Proposals by Heritage visiting fellow Doug Badger and Domestic Policy Director Marie Fishpaw, have received favorable attention. Signers to the plan include Health Care Consensus Group leaders such as Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner, former Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Goodman Institute President John Goodman.