In the Green Room: Utah’s Gov. Herbert on DC ‘Freezing Out the States’ Over Health Reform

Gerrit Lansing / November 12, 2009

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It’s simple: “Our approach in Utah is to give consumers more choice,” said Governor Herbert during a Heritage Foundation visit earlier this week. “If we can put them in the control position where they’re spending dollars that are their own, they’re going to make better choices.”

Similarly, the Governor believes that States, not the federal government will be better at fixing what ails America’s health care system. “It really ought to be the states leading on health care reform,” he said. In fact, “states want to be partners” with the federal government, but “the states are being frozen out by the establishment here in Washington DC in their zeal to get something in place.” (more…)