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07-30-2009, 03:36 PM
We lose because Americans KNOW the system is broken. They don't know why, and they don't know how to fix it, but they KNOW it is broken. So, when one side offers them a plan to fix it, and the other just sticks their fingers in their ears and says "lalalalalala, I can't hear you" they go with the only option on the table. We NEED to get someone in Washington to propose a counter plan, centered on the market. Someone with the courage to stand up and give Americans an open, honest debate on health care reform. Someone to give Americans a choice.
Yes, maybe it is too late. But maybe it's not. Below I will list some points I would like to see in health care reform. Please feel free to add to/critique any points per your opinion. Perhaps we can hammer out a plan and get SOMEONE in Washington with some balls to introduce it as a bill after the recess and prior to a vote on Obamacare, to open the discourse.
What I want to see:
- Remove insurance from employment.
- Give INDIVIDUALS the same tax break employers get for purchasing insurance.
- Allow the purchasing of insurance across state lines.
- Get rid of the HMO system and return insurance to a catastrophic coverage, not a managed care plan.
- Pay for routine visits in cash.
- Allow doctors and patients do decide what is appropriate for their lives, not bureaucrats and insurance executives.
- Significant tort reform, which allows those wronged to still sue and be recouped, but negates the incentive for lawyers to bring every frivolous case they can in an attempt for a big payday.
- Remove health care mandates that require 20 year old single males to have a policy that covers them in the case they develop ovarian cancer.
- Remove mandates that require insurance companies to cover ELECTIVE surgeries.
- Allow risk to be priced accordingly, if you eat yourself to 400 pounds and smoke 3 packs a day YOU SHOULD pay more for your premiums. If you are a 20 year old single male/female who works out on a daily basis, doesn't smoke and doesn't drink, you SHOULD pay less for premiums.
In short, freedom and competition for consumer dollars is the answer. Not government mandates, rationing and price controls.
Yes, maybe it is too late. But maybe it's not. Below I will list some points I would like to see in health care reform. Please feel free to add to/critique any points per your opinion. Perhaps we can hammer out a plan and get SOMEONE in Washington with some balls to introduce it as a bill after the recess and prior to a vote on Obamacare, to open the discourse.
What I want to see:
- Remove insurance from employment.
- Give INDIVIDUALS the same tax break employers get for purchasing insurance.
- Allow the purchasing of insurance across state lines.
- Get rid of the HMO system and return insurance to a catastrophic coverage, not a managed care plan.
- Pay for routine visits in cash.
- Allow doctors and patients do decide what is appropriate for their lives, not bureaucrats and insurance executives.
- Significant tort reform, which allows those wronged to still sue and be recouped, but negates the incentive for lawyers to bring every frivolous case they can in an attempt for a big payday.
- Remove health care mandates that require 20 year old single males to have a policy that covers them in the case they develop ovarian cancer.
- Remove mandates that require insurance companies to cover ELECTIVE surgeries.
- Allow risk to be priced accordingly, if you eat yourself to 400 pounds and smoke 3 packs a day YOU SHOULD pay more for your premiums. If you are a 20 year old single male/female who works out on a daily basis, doesn't smoke and doesn't drink, you SHOULD pay less for premiums.
In short, freedom and competition for consumer dollars is the answer. Not government mandates, rationing and price controls.