Duf Sundheim on Health Care

	Duf Sundheim on Health Care

Healthcare doesn't need a new 1930s-era bureaucracy

Q: What's your opinion of the statement, "Expand ObamaCare"?

A: We need to expand the availability of quality health care, which is different than expanding insurance. Example: you have car insurance, but you do not use your insurance card to buy gas. Creating a "new" 1930s era bureaucracy is not the answer. We need to focus on empowering the patient-doctor relationship, not the federal government.

Source: Email interview on 2016 Calif. Senate race with OnTheIssues , Nov 28, 2015

Some aspects of ObamaCare ok, but rest is a boondoggle

Sundheim supports the popular components of ObamaCare, such as forcing insurers to provide coverage to Americans with pre-existing medical conditions, but otherwise thinks the law is a boondoggle that needs major surgery. Source: Washington Examiner on 2016 California Senate race , Jun 4, 2015

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