Toward a more patient-centered healthcare system

For the past six years, my congressional office has received calls, emails, letters, meetings and visits from Eastern Kansans detailing the disastrous effects the president's failed healthcare law – the Affordable Care Act – has had on their families and small businesses.

I have heard from Kansans about their premiums increasing by 51 percent and even going up more than 300 percent. And while these Kansans are being forced to pay extremely expensive health premiums, other Kansans have notified my office that their healthcare plans are being canceled.

One Kansan stated that her healthcare plan was canceled and the new plans offered to her would result in her premiums tripling.

Sadly, similar stories such as these can be heard all across our country. Whether it is premium increases, policy cancellations or a multitude of other issues, the Affordable Care Act is full of broken promises that aren't working.

In a recent Fox News editorial, Grover Norquist spoke about the penalizing effect Obamacare has had on Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts, pointing out that, "ObamaCare imposed several taxes that hit the tens of millions of Americans who use Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts. Specifically, the law forbid families from using HSA and FSA dollars for over the counter medications."