Rising health care costs are a concern of businesses, individuals and families all across Western Pennsylvania. Melissa knows that a one size-fits-all health care system run by the government is not the answer. Melissa is committed to finding a solution to make health care more flexible and affordable without jeopardizing either the quality of medical care or patients' choice of doctors and other providers. Melissa has supported innovative and practical solutions such as health savings accounts, opening the market for health insurance companies to provide more varied policy options for consumers, and limiting punitive damages in medial malpractice so good doctors are not driven out of practice.