"thunder" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:07:19 -0400, Guzzistimo wrote:


Can't refute his ideas, huh? Like the rest of the liberals, attack
something else.

His ideas? Those ideas have been around for years.

• Repeal all state laws which prevent insurance companies from competing
across state lines.
I believe John McCain was running on this last election. If you remember
banks were under the same restrictions until relatively recently. How
did that work out? More competition or less? Around here, the local
community banks were gobbled up, and we were left with a few "too big to
fail" types.

• Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must
cover. Translation, give me your money, we ain't covering squat.

• Enact tort reform to end the ruinous lawsuits that force doctors to pay
insurance costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Canard,
malpractice settlements add less that 1% to the cost of health care.


• Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and
individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. A better
question, why the corporate welfare in the first place?

• Enact Medicare reform. Gee, that's helpful. How? Look at the vitriol
about health care reform, something everyone knows is needed. Now this
guy wants to **** off all the seniors? Yeah, that will work.

• Finally, revise tax forms to make it easier for individuals to make a
voluntary, tax-deductible donation to help the millions of people who
have no insurance and aren't covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the State
Children's Health Insurance Program. Tinkle down, I mean trickle down at
it's finest. We were talking health care reform. This guy is out to
lunch. Obviously, too much tofu.



And your proposal that would resolve the problems and make everyone whole
and happy is?