Rep. Spencer Hutchins speaks against a bill that would further limit health care plan choices

thank you Mr Speaker I rise in opposition to this bill I I appreciate my friend from the thirdd we have had many interesting conversations about I always appreciate the conversations that he and I have around Healthcare policy this bill takes us in the wrong direction on healthare policy if the issue is if the problem is confusion in the market the answer cannot be the government will limit the options available to the consumer if the problem is a lack of information or understanding about how to select the correct plan the answer cannot be fewer choices of plans to select from the answer Mr Speaker is as my friend from the n9th said educate inform there is an entire Market of insurance providers of brokers who can help walk people through the process of selecting the correct insurance is the exchange making those referrals is the consumer being made aware that that is an option for them are we tracking that Mr Speaker let's look at it from a philosophy of government standpoint as we Face challenges in our community as people are looking to make the right choices in their lives lives it is improper in my mind to say we the government will limit the number of options that you have to select from how are we improving healthc care Mr Speaker when there are people out there who select non-standard plans there is a reason that these plans exist are we asking that question and as a consumer is in the market making that decision the question they should be asking themselves Mr speaker is not why are there so many options the question they should be asking is might I be someone for whom one of these options is the best choice for this policy to go forward means that the consumer is being protected from themselves rather than being given the tools to make the most informed choices for themel for themselves and their families for that reason I urge a no vote on this bill