This is a critical time for Georgia and you deserve an insurance commissioner who can make a difference in 2010.
There are currently 8 candidates in the Republican race to be Georgia's next Insurance Commissioner. With 36 years experience in the regulatory environment at Bellsouth, 38 years in the Army National Guard, and 4 years of experience as Mayor of Peachtree City, I believe I am the most quailified for the job, and the person who can make the difference.
I am about 3 things - being an advocate for you and your children, keeping Georgians safe, and providing proven leadership.
One of the biggest issues facing Goergia's next Insurance Commissioner is finding a way to insure the 1.7 million Georgians without insurance, and finding ways to cut into the $6.6 billion negative impact these uninsured citizens have on Georgia.
With innovative ideas and new insurance packages, we can insure about one third of these people, and that would mean a $2 billion economic boost to the state of Georgia.
We can open the door of selling insurance across state lines by forming a consortium with the states adjacent to Georgia. Let's create open competition, bringing in more choices for Georgians in need of insurance. And we need to make it portable. Let's find ways to solve this problem through the free market and free enterprise.
Georgia needs to look at funding a high risk medical healthcare pool. Thirty-four states currently have high risk medical pools. Georgia has one, it just isn't funded, and we need to find creative ways to fund such a pool.
One possibility is to use the state's portion of the Insurance Premium Tax. We need to leave the city and county money alone - this is used to fund firefighters in Georgia.
Georgia's next Insurance Commissioner must also address arson, which is costing the state of Georgia billions of dollars each year. We currently have 7 arson investigators in the state office. Florida has 105. This problem has a solution. We can contract with local governments who have arson investigators.
Fraud investigation must also be a top priority for the next Insurance Commissioner. I bring that experience with 4 years as a fraud investigator at Bellsouth.
I also bring the experience of running a city and overseeing a $28 million budget. In my 4 year term as Mayor of Peachtree City, we cut expenses by over $3 million, while at the same time we increased public safety over 30%, all while not raising taxes.
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