Prescription for Pain, The Left's Agenda on Healthcare - CPAC 2021
Peter Pitts moderates a panel at CPAC 2021 with Texas Representatives Michael Burgess and Ronny Jackson and Scott Parkinson of Club for Growth addressing the Left’s hijacking of healthcare. Government-controlled healthcare is reducing the quality of healthcare, putting obstacles in the way of patients of receiving the care they require, and amassing greater money and power into the federal government. Under President Trump, Operation Warp Speed brought the country the first vaccines of the pandemic and regulations and bureaucrats were challenged to push through effective and beneficial policies. Club for Growth is working with the American Conservative Union in the Coalition Against Socialized Medicine to dismantle mandated health insurance and advocate for freedom to choose in medical care. Burgess advocates for doctors to return to working for the patients and to spurn working for hospitals, insurance companies, and especially the government. The panel emphasizes that healthcare is meant to be a service to patients, not just another industry enriching the government.