significant expansion of health savings accounts, and we believe the more we can provide options and choices for i havendividual believe that s the best way because it works for patients, not for government. i want to bring in another audience member, katie needle from brooklyn. planned parenthood provides a variety of servicing for women. i m a medicaid enrollee and a client of planned parenthood and i would be devastated if it were cut. we ve already seen cutting planned parenthood means less access for women to health care. and i just want to call back, this wasn t part of my question, but i want to call back, because you earlier brought up medicaid specifically and complained about how one of the biggest problems under obamacare is that
incentivize individuals from a financial stand point to maintain their coverage. when they maintain their coverage they re able to drive down costs for everybody and able to select the coverage their our plan that they desire, not that the government dictates to them. the 30% surcharge goes to the insurance companies, not the government. that s right, because they re the ones providing the coverage. it s a similar type of construct that the medicare program has itself. and the reason for that is cause the individuals who are, the third party administrators understand and appreciate that if you don t have folks in the plan initially, then it costs more for everybody. and so there s an incentive, a financial incentive for seniors to sign up the day that they turn 65. we have another question from the audience. will owen, who is a stay-at-home dad from georgia. he is also a navy veteran. will? my question for the secretary is why are we talking about
obamacare had a limitation for certain health care providers that exceeds $500,000 paid to an officer, director or employee. that limitation in your bill goes away and effectively means a think about what this is dana. this is the federal government saying to a certain sector of society. an individual, you can t make what the company is willing to pay you for your services. doesn t sound like america to me. we re saying ought out in single out certain individuals and have the federal government have the power you can t make the same amount as that individual even though you make the same money. if we want to tax the same, i think that s what the american system is about. the current tax system doesn t tax everybody the same.
that we put a system in place that will work for everybody. we re mott interest we re not interested in having anybody lose coverage that they want for their family, not that the government forces them to buy. it s important to appreciate that much of what many folks have heard in this nation simply isn t true about the plan. the plan itself, as we ve taclkd about is three different phases, it includes the bill that we re talking about which most individuals are referring to. you ve had two questions. about medicaid expansion > these are people concerned about those who did get health care because of obamacare. and you re talking about sta choice and other issues, but in your plan, spending on medicaid would be about 25% less in ten years than under current law. so the question that was wrapped in both of these audience
medical office when folks got that wonderful news. fact of the factor is preexisting conditions ought to be covered. we believe strongly, president believes strongly that nobody who gets a bad diagnosis shouldn t be priced out. may work for government, insurance companies but not people. that s the key. doesn t work for patients. so when we drive down the cost of health coverage, makes it possible for every single american to purchase the coverage that they want. that s the key. continue down the road where we are right now where costs are increased do you remember the line, if you want your doctor, you can keep it, if you want your line you can keep it, costs will go down. fact of the matter is have gone up about $3,000 for every single american family. we believe you have to nut place a system that innocent vises and