Friday, November 2, 2007

Ron Paul's Health Care Proposal

I found a link at the Kaiser Family Foundation, where you can compare presidential candidates health care proposals side-by-side. I compared Hillary Clinton to Ron Paul first, and I noticed that Hillary had a lot more info than Ron Paul. Then I looked at Rudy and he has a lot of info too.

Most of Ron Paul answers in the survey were 'no provision". A few other candidates use "no provision" quite a bit as well. Ron Paul's stated goal is encourage more free market competition. This goal is also his solution in regards to cost containment. Would be nice to have more info about his plans for encouraging competition.

Does the health care system need much change? Some candidates don't think so, while others think everything needs to be changed. Personally, I'm not sure, but I think promoting wellness plans, prevention methods could be ways to contain costs. Keeping people healthy. Some change is good, but not all change is good. Anyway, so go check out and see how the different candidates compare.

Also, thanks to a commenter, I was informed that the Boulder Weekly published a cover story about Ron Paul and he was asked what is the best healthcare solution. A few issues he discusses there, are too many prohibitions in choices in medicine, too much monopolization on medical care through licensing, and legal procedures causing high prices.

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At November 2, 2007 5:43 PM , Blogger TBA said...

Having familiarized myself with Dr. Paul's available campaign material as well as many of his past Congressional activities, I think his reply says exactly what he means.

When he says no provision he reflects, as best I can tell, his belief that it is not the federal government's job to interfere in an affair not authorized to the feds by the Constitution.

That said, the positions he does take are consistent with reducing the Federal tax burden placed on families facing high healthcare costs.

 

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