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Oklahoma
State Senate
Communications Division
State Capitol
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2012
Sen. Ralph Shortey
Shortey responds to criticisms of Insurance Commissioner
Sen. Ralph
Shortey today issued the following statement in response to
criticism of Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak by Oklahoma
Senate Democrats.
“I disagree with Senators Burrage and Adelson and the aid
they are giving to President Obama in his war on the private healthcare
system. As their plans are being discussed, it is important to remember
that many Democrats don’t actually want the private health
care system to succeed, and so the failures they’ve created
in the health insurance market are as much by design as by mistake.
The child-only policy is just one example of a Democrat created
failure.
“What is happening is that the Democrats are trying to legislate
a long list of utopian healthcare mandates that will guarantee the
business of insurance cannot be conducted profitably. If they are
successful, no one will be capable of operating profitably in the
healthcare market, and only the government will be willing to operate
in the market at a loss. At that point the Democrats will have finally
achieved their decades-long dream of completely socializing healthcare
in America.
“Oklahomans reject Obamacare and I’m confident they
will likewise reject the attempt of Senators Burrage and Adelson
to socialize Oklahoma’s healthcare system. Commissioner Doak
has a track record of finding free market solutions to our healthcare
problems, and I’m confident he’ll be able to clean up
the child-only mess the Democrats have left Oklahoma without the
help of any legislation proposed by Senators Burrage and Adelson.”
For more information contact:
Sen. Shortey: (405) 521-5557

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