Those are some good proposals (from 2006), but how do they address the issue of rising costs? From what I can tell those bills simply shuffle the cost from the taxpayer to the government (via credits). How will that actually lower costs? Those proposals seem happy to keep the insurance monopolies in the loop and do nothing to introduce more competition into the marketplace. They also do nothing to increase efficiency of the healthcare system. I’m not a tax/econonomics expert so I’d love to be convinced otherwise.[/quote]
Shuffling cost from taxpayer to the government? I’m a little confused, doesn’t the government get their money from tax payer? Tax credit for individual to buy their own insurance, tax credit for parents to help them w/ the cost of medical expenses.
One of the bill addresses “medical malpractice crisis”. I’m not a MD, so I can’t speak w/ any conviction, but Dr. Paul is a MD, so I think he know a little something about what he’s saying.
If you follow Dr. Paul’s stance on health care, you’ll see that he view health care as a luxury and not a right. If you want to lower your health cost, you eat right, exercise, etc. to keep your body in great shape. That will reduce your cost and the burden you put on society as a whole. In his opinion, one of the major factor that keep health care cost rising is HMO. Once again, that’s his opinion. I haven’t done enough research to dispute that claim, but it sounds logical to me.
