Christopher Manning

Healthcare

Incorporate Direct Primary Care. Insurance is designed to pay for large possible financial losses, but today we use health insurance to pay for minor issues like seeing your primary care physician for strep throat. Learn more

Allow individuals to use HSA’s for all medical expenses to include insurance premiums. Learn more

Allow individuals to not only select which coverages best suit their needs, but allow them to select a policy with different deductible levels. There is no logical reason why you can’t have more choice in your deductible. You do this with your car insurance, renters insurance policy, and homeowners’ insurance. Learn more

Eliminate enrollment periods. Learn more

Make Health Savings Accounts (HSA) available to everyone. HSA’s drive down the cost of care and allow individuals and families set aside tax free money to pay for future unknown major medical care. Learn more

Eliminate the mandate for essential coverages. I don’t think the government is really in the position to tell you what coverages you need or don’t need. I believe you, the individual, are in the best position to decide which coverages you need. The insurance companies would still offer these essential services but you would select which coverages you need. Learn more

I’m interested in solutions to make our healthcare system better,. Learn more

Allow HSA’s to be paired with any health insurance plan. Learn more

Immigration

Passing comprehensive immigration reform. Learn more

Second we need to increase the number of people we grant citizenship to. Increasing the number of people who we allow to immigrate legally will also reduce the number of people who come to the border. Learn more

First we need address what drives hundreds of thousands of people to attempt to cross our southern border. Our current asylum process prevents people from applying for asylum in their home country. In order to apply for asylum you have to be physically in the US or at a port of entry. Learn more