Smythe: What you are reading on these entries are opinions by presidential candidates on the health care situation in America. My opinions, if I have any on their excerpts will be followed by the illustrious - Smythe.
Lowering the Cost of Health Care
by Ron Paul
As a medical doctor, I’ve seen first-hand how bureaucratic red tape interferes with the doctor-patient relationship and drives costs higher. The current system of third-party payers takes decision-making away from doctors, leaving patients feeling rushed and worsening the quality of care. Yet health insurance premiums and drug costs keep rising. Clearly a new approach is needed. Congress needs to craft innovative legislation that makes health care more affordable without raising taxes or increasing the deficit. It also needs to repeal bad laws that keep health care costs higher than necessary.
We should remember that HMOs did not arise because of free-market demand, but rather because of government mandates. The HMO Act of 1973 requires all but the smallest employers to offer their employees HMO coverage, and the tax code allows businesses – but not individuals – to deduct the cost of health insurance premiums. The result is the illogical coupling of employment and health insurance, which often leaves the unemployed without needed catastrophic coverage. this is Ron Paul!
I have no agreement with Ron Paul in many arenas. This country and its population is far too immense and diverse to play along the lines of "each person takes care of themselves". Most of the wealthy in this country have made their money on the backs of the working laborer. And most of them are without health insurance.
Smythe: What you are reading on these entries are opinions by presidential candidates on the health care situation in America. My opinions, if I have any on their excerpts will be followed by the illustrious - Smythe.
Lowering the Cost of Health Care
by Ron Paul
As a medical doctor, I’ve seen first-hand how bureaucratic red tape interferes with the doctor-patient relationship and drives costs higher. The current system of third-party payers takes decision-making away from doctors, leaving patients feeling rushed and worsening the quality of care. Yet health insurance premiums and drug costs keep rising. Clearly a new approach is needed. Congress needs to craft innovative legislation that makes health care more affordable without raising taxes or increasing the deficit. It also needs to repeal bad laws that keep health care costs higher than necessary.
We should remember that HMOs did not arise because of free-market demand, but rather because of government mandates. The HMO Act of 1973 requires all but the smallest employers to offer their employees HMO coverage, and the tax code allows businesses – but not individuals – to deduct the cost of health insurance premiums. The result is the illogical coupling of employment and health insurance, which often leaves the unemployed without needed catastrophic coverage. this is Ron Paul!
I have no agreement with Ron Paul in many arenas. This country and its population is far too immense and diverse to play along the lines of "each person takes care of themselves". Most of the wealthy in this country have made their money on the backs of the working laborer. And most of them are without health insurance.