Dr. Paul's Prescription for Reform
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“Bureaucrats and other third parties must never be allowed to interfere in the doctor/patient relationship.
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The tax code, including the ERISA laws, must be changed to give everyone equal treatment by allowing a 100% tax credit for all medical expenses.
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Laws dealing with bad outcomes and prohibiting doctors from entering into voluntary agreements with their patients must be repealed. Tort laws play a significant role in pushing costs higher, prompting unnecessary treatment and excessive testing. Patients deserve the compensation; the attorneys do not.
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Insurance sales should be legalized nationally across state lines to increase competition among the insurance companies.
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Long-term insurance policies should be available to young people similar to term-life insurances that offer fixed prices for long periods of time”
There are at least two camps of refomers: those that believe that government should orchestrate the reform and those that don’t. Dr. Paul, a Texas Congressman and Ob/Gyn is firmly entrenched in the latter camp.
