An overhaul of the health care system must include medical malpractice litigation reform, ensure access in rural communities, increase transparency, emphasize preventative care, and protect an individual's right to choose his or her own doctor and make his or her own health related decisions. 

Dangerously, we are closer than ever to a nationalized healthcare system. Democrats across the country have been hosting "Town Hall Meetings" in an attempt to sell the American people on their version of government-ran healthcare. So far, Americans are NOT buying it.
 
Americans of all political parties---even Democrats are showing up to let their voices be heard at the town hall meetings to let their Member of Congress know just how opposed we all are to the idea of a government-run healthcare system. At the heart of it all, the one thing that has people concerned the most about these various health care plans is the loss of individual freedom. 

As so eloquently stated more than 230 years ago in our Declaration of Independence, we all possess certain inalienable rights.  Among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  And whenever people feel those rights or freedoms are being threatened, they start to organize and rise up together to make their voices heard. What is happening around the nation is true democracy in action. I hope that the debate will continue and that its tone will be civil, yet honest, and that we end up protecting the freedoms that we as a country have lived and prospered by. 

You can count on me to support true reform that protects patients' rights, but to always oppose any legislation that takes rights away from Kansans or limits the choice we have in medical decisions. It all goes back to putting Kansas first, to having deep roots in Kansas, not politics, and being suspicious of Washington politics.

Audrey and I appreciate the continued prayers and support.