Forbes October 9, 2018
John C. Goodman

A new congressional resolution explicitly states what an ideal health system should look like: It should take care of sick people.

Introduced by Pete Sessions (R-TX) and cosponsored by Mark Meadows (R-NC) and 17 other House Republicans, the resolution says that states should be given broad authority to reform their own insurance markets, provided that “individuals with pre-existing conditions experience lower premiums, lower out-of-pocket costs and greater accessibility to in-network providers.”

Obamacare has not been kind to people with medical problems. Premiums have doubled and tripled, deductibles are several times higher than typical employer plans, and there has been a race to the bottom on quality and access to care. Half the...

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