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GOP proposes 10 ideas for fixing healthcare to the President.
01 year ago
by Dr. Aldo
in Health Policy
Health care on Capitol Hill
Scottsdale – The Republicans have proposed 10 ideas for the President and the Democrats to consider (Source: Wall Street Journal). I have listed these for your eyes only! I agree with all these ideas. I also believe you should read the original article for yourselves by clicking on the link above. Here are the 10 ideas:
- Make insurance affordable.
- Make health insurance portable.
- Meet the needs of the chronically ill.
- Allow doctors and patients to control costs.
- Don’t cut Medicare.
- Protect early retirees.
- Inform consumers.
- Eliminate junk lawsuits.
- Stop health-care fraud. Save up to $120 billion each year.
- Make medical breakthroughs accessible to patients.
I believe the current health care bill in congress is bad for the country. It creates more spending (that we cannot afford), more bureaucracy, and more regulations that limits access and reduce the quality of health care. We need to start over!
These are good ideas that cost little to implement, could save the country lots of money, and will improve the system. I hope Congress can help us here. My only other suggestion would be to STOP making cheesy deals with unions and out-of-touch Senators that infuriate the American people. Only by working together and putting away political influence, can we reform the health care system so that it benefits us all!
Public option healthcare – bad medicine for America!
12 years ago
Bad Medicine.
Scottsdale – It’s time to get tough with Congress. They are planning to force this new public option down America’s throat. I have serious concerns about these plans. I hope the folks out there do not get the impression that I am trying to be political. On the contrary, I am just concerned for my patients and patients in general! After practicing medicine now for 8 years, I feel I have to speak up!
Patients should know that the program proposed by Congress is too expensive and just as UNSUSTAINABLE (even faster) as the current programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The whole premise of these measures is to cut national health care spending – and they will do it – no matter the costs (in pain and suffering) to patients! I implore you to send a note or call your representative in order to stop the passage of this health care reform bill.
The plan is bad for America because – it is designed to cut costs, and therefore and inevitably, this will lead to a reduction in the quality of health care. Current government officials will tell you that this is not the case and that they believe that quality will remain the same. This is all in theory! In practice all you have to do is look at other countries where this type of health care already exists. Please go to www.cprights.org to listen on your own to what patients and doctors currently in government run programs say about the quality of health care in their countries.
This whole month my blog will feature segments on the current state of the healthcare debate. Please stay tuned – this affects all of us!
