My Thoughts Exactly, Bob: We Need Health Insurance AND Tort Reforms, Not Health Care Reform

MY KINDA GUY...NOW BOB, LET'S TALK ABOUT HIGH DEDUCTIBLES, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, PORTABILITY, PRE-TAX PAYMENTS, INTERSTATE SHOPPING AND LIMITING LIABILITIES FOR DOCTORS

From the Murfreesboro Post covering Tennessee Senator Bob Corker's townhall meeting in Murfreesboro yesterday:

HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM is what the county needs, not health care reform said Sen. Bob Corker when he addressed a town hall meeting Wednesday morning in Murfreesboro. Corker (R-Tenn.) was on hand at the Stones River Country Club to answer questions from the assembled audience. But before questions were answered, Corker outlined his thoughts on the health care reform debate. “I am for, personally, I am for health insurance reform,” Corker said, adding the health care system works well, but the insurance industry needs some changes.“We need to focus on insurance reforms that will keep the best of our health care delivery system,” he added later. Corker would like to see medical malpractice tort reform, a way for people with pre-existing conditions to purchase health care, interstate competition for insurance companies and finally, tax code equity

The article continues by quoting Corker:

“An individual who’s not covered … should be able to pay with pre-tax dollars, not after tax dollars,” he said.

Corker is opposed to a government-run public plan, because it could create a monopoly, he said.