Ron Paul's good health care idea won't ever survive (EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD!)
Ron Pauls good health care idea wont ever survive (EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD)
Apparently, it doesn't take 1990 pages to write legislation that actually does something for US, instead of just expanding government and rewarding special interests!
H.R. 1495, the Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009 (12 pages long)
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_1495.html
H.R. 1498, the Freedom from Unnecessary Litigation Act (2 pages long)
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1498/show
From the Tribune-Review, by Jack Markowitz:
Ron Paul, the libertarian congressman from Texas, whom nobody ever confused with a me-too Republican, has proposed a health care reform that deserves the name "reform."
It's almost certain not to get anywhere, though. Which might be a mercy. Americans might risk broken arms reaching for it too fast.
It's this. Whatever a family has to pay for the doctor, the hospital, the pills or the shots, it could deduct on their federal tax return.
Get that? A 100 percent tax credit on health care costs. Socialized medicine turned inside out, you might say.
Instead of the government taking care of us, we take care of ourselves. And by just that amount, lowering our tax bills.
The screams in Washington might be heard clear to Pittsburgh, where the congressman who marches to his own drummer grew up in suburban Munhall. Pangs of tax starvation would grip the Treasury. Rep. Paul, a retired physician, would treat that malady by putting Uncle Sam on a severe spending diet. In short, a snowball's chance.
Yet his proposed H.R. 1495, the Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009 is a useful exercise. It demonstrates how market forces might yet rope in the inflation that's stampeding toward socialism.
Recall how irritating it is at income tax time to find you can deduct medical expenses only over 7.5 percent of income? Paul would abolish that threshold. All medical costs, including for high-deductible insurance tied a Health Savings Account (HSA), would go toward a tax credit. And the credit could be refunded against payroll taxes, letting low-wage workers in on it.
Other freedom enhancements are written into Paul's legislative initiatives that news media ought to, but rarely give, a mention.
For instance, his Freedom from Unnecessary Litigation Act (H.R. 1498). The lawyers' lobby invariably swats down all efforts at tort reform. Paul would go around them with a tax credit for "negative outcomes insurance." The patient might buy it before surgery. Bad result, the policy pays off. The system as a whole would save untold billions in insurance liability costs for doctors and hospitals. Plus the vast waste of "defensive" medicine's excessive testing. And the loss of physician talent by early retirements in disgust.
read more:
Ron Paul's Health Bill
Why is no one discussing or pushing this???
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H.R. 1495: Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1495
http://www.operationhealthfreedom.com/
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BUMP!
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for others.
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Thanx
Amerianna ... too IMPORTANT!! MUST READ & DIGG!!!
To bad
I already dugg this, I would love to digg it again. Wish it had lots and lots of diggs.
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on the DIGGS Quiltingsando ~DITTO!~
Well, at least we can try to keep it bumped here.
There are way too many people here who still don't know this bill exists!
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
RP is like a sharp stick in
RP is like a sharp stick in the eye to DC's officious meddlers, tyrants, and regulatory punks.
Here you go, Sternzy! The topic thread you asked about!
Where did you go?
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
COME ONE, COME ALL! The Ron Paul Infamous Healthcare Bill Show
is about to begin!
Ok - Let's talk.
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
It's starting to
pick up steam!
Yay!
I'm glad - but we've got a long way to go yet, NM.
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
Bumpity
bumpity bump.
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
Dr. Paul's H.R. 1495
H.R. 1495: Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1495
******ASK your Reps. to co-sponsor/support NOW.
http://www.operationhealthfreedom.com/
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Obama = O.ne B.ig A.ss M.istake A.merica
I missed this in March
Thanks for the revival.
It may not be perfect to solve all the ills government has created with healthcare in this country, but it is a nice start.
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Yay! You found it!
Now, would SOMEBODY please tell me why we're not supporting it?
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
As usual Ron Paul
just makes too much sense ~
Bump for others.
It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
This bill was introduced in March!
Sad so few commnets on this thread, 55 diggs and only 3 comments on there.
This alert should have been front page for a few days at least.
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Thanx!
Liberty_Bell!!
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bump
Thanks go to Danna!
* Danna found it and bumped it back in and I just added an extra bump!
Thanks Danna!
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Yes - Thank you, Danna!
It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
Glad I could help
I saw amerianna's reply in the other post and I didn't even know that Ron Paul had a Health care bill.
I am without internet at the house so I miss alot of things on the DP.
I didn't know he
had a health care bill. What the heck, how long has that been around?
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Needs to go
VIRAL!!!
W.T.F.
Dr. Paul has no co-sponsors for this one? Wonder why?
Forward this info. to everyone on your mailing list --- we NEED to do away with the current healthcare bill.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1495
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-1495
Obama = O.ne B.ig A.ss M.istake A.merica
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Bump for help~
People do not realize these bills have been introduced by Dr.Paul!!
Please help by spreading the word any way you can..and give it a Digg too!
The Alternative Health sites would be a great place to post this!
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
bump
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I'll bump.
This is actually a very clever plan, because what it actually does, is create a condition where the individual is paying for his own care, but does it with money that the gov't has been stealing out of his paycheck.
It's kind of like a "reverse tax" or a "tax on gov't deductions from your pay".
Of course, it's not as good as eliminating payroll taxes totally,but it does nibble around the edges,and presents an opportunity to cut into the amount that they steal from you, with a hot-button topic that is currently in play.
It is a way to keep the money in the private sector, and wrests some of the power away from gov't, and frees-up money for people that would otherwise have cut into their take-home pay when they had to go to the doctor, or be taken by more payroll tax to fund gov't operated health care.
It's a clever twist to turn the tables on gov't, to a certain small and limited degree.