Ball:  "a solution-driven answer"

MOUNT KISCO – Supporters gathered on the lawn of Mount Kisco Medical Group today to join Assemblyman Greg Ball (R-Patterson), a candidate for Congress in New York’s 19th district, at a rally for health care reform. While largely opposed to the President’s omnibus health care bill, H.R. 3200, the group cheered loudly while Ball unveiled a twelve point health care reform package of ideas absent from the President’s plan, which were garnered primarily from the town hall meetings Ball has conducted throughout the district.

“These ideas provide a framework, not for a massive government takeover, but for a solution driven answer to insure millions of working Americans who are currently uninsured, without busting the bank, without lowering the quality of care and by working with, instead of against, private enterprise,” Ball said. “We asking our federal representatives to refuse to embrace a massive government takeover, but instead forge these ideas into a moderate, thoughtful and effective solution that can be accepted and adopted in a truly bipartisan manner.”

Ball said he would deliver the proposals to the current congressman, Democrat John Hall, who has held more than 70 healthcare ‘listening sessions’, many with skeptical audiences.